Characterization and chemical stabilization of Al-Qurayyah sabkha soil

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 478-484

  Al Amoudi, Omar Saeed Baghabra ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cement; Correlation; Lime; Moisture content; Salinity; Stabilization

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; LIME; MOISTURE; PAVEMENTS; SOILS; STABILIZATION;

SABKHA MIXTURES;

CIVIL ENGINEERING;

CEMENT; CHEMICAL METHOD; LIME; MOISTURE; SALINITY; SOIL STABILIZATION;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0036868728     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0899-1561(2002)14:6(478)     Document Type: Article

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