Influence of mineralogy on swelling and consolidation of soils in eastern Saudi Arabia

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 964-975

  Azam, Shahid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcium sulphate; Consolidation; Expansive clay; Swelling

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CLAY; CONSOLIDATION; GEOLOGY; HAZARDS; MINERALOGY; SWELLING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ARGILLACEOUS SOILS; VOLUME CHANGES;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

CALCIUM; CONSOLIDATION; EXPANSIVE SOIL; MINERALOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; SULFATE; SWELLING;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0346687495     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t03-047     Document Type: Article

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