Effects of lateral variation in vegetation and basin 'dome' shape on tropical lowland peat stabilisation in the kota samarahan-asajaya area, west sarawak, Malaysia

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 894-914

  Zulktfley, Mohamad Tarmizi Mohamad ^a   Ng, Tham Fatt ^a   Raj, John Kuna ^a   Hashim, Roslan ^a   Ashraf, Muhammad Aqeel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cement filler peat stabilisation; Lateral vegetation succession; Mineral soil filler; Topogenic; Tropical lowland peat domelbasin; Unconfined compressive strength

Indexed keywords

BASIN; CEMENT; CLAY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FILL; HUMIFICATION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PEAT; SILT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ASAJAYA; EAST MALAYSIA; KOTA SAMARAHAN; MALAYSIA; SARAWAK;

EID: 84906244559     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1755-6724.12245     Document Type: Article

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