Properties of Omani artificial pozzolana (sarooj)

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 275-292

  Al Rawas, Amer A ^a   Wahid Hago, Abdel ^a   Corcoran, Timothy C ^a   Al Ghafri, Khalid M ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Chemical tests; Clays; Engineering property; Oman; Pozzolana; Sarooj; Strength tests

Indexed keywords

CALCINATION; MINERALOGY; SOIL TESTING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

POZZOLANA;

CLAY;

CLAY; ENGINEERING PROPERTY;

OMAN;

EID: 0345561578     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-1317(98)00029-5     Document Type: Article

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