Deep dry mix ground improvement of a soft peaty clay using blast furnace slag and red gypsum

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 205-216

  Hughes, Paul ^a   Glendinning, Stephanie ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case studies; Geomaterials; In situ tests; Waste management

Indexed keywords

CEMENT-BASED BINDERS; GROUND GRANULATED BLAST FURNACE SLAG (GGBFS); PEATY CLAY; RED GYPSUM;

BINDERS; CEMENTS; GYPSUM; LIME; PEAT; PH EFFECTS; RAIL LAYING; SOILS;

SLAGS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GROUND IMPROVEMENT; GYPSUM; MIXING; PEAT; SLAG; SOFT SOIL; SOIL STABILIZATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; KENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 8744269698     PISSN: 14709236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1470-9236/04-003     Document Type: Article

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