Stabilization of a Saudi calcareous marl soil

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1848-1854

  Al Amoudi, Omar Saeed Baghabra ^a   Khan, Khaqan ^a   Al Kahtani, Nasser Saban ^b  

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

^b SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Calcareous soils; CBR; Cement; Chemical stabilization; Clegg impact hammer; Durability; Lime; Marl; Strength loss

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS SOILS; CBR; CHEMICAL STABILIZATION; CLEGG IMPACT HAMMER; IMPACT HAMMERS; STRENGTH LOSS;

CEMENTS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DURABILITY; FERTILIZERS; HAMMERS; LIME; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; TOOLS; WATER CONTENT;

STABILIZATION;

EID: 77955267948     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.04.019     Document Type: Article

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