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Muawia Dafalla and Ahmed M. Al-Mahbashi
The major problematic soils in semi-arid regions include expansive soils and collapsible soils. These two types of soils cause problems and are hazardous for buildings when moisture is introduced following a dry or semi-dry season. In order to assess the...
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Volodymyr Krasinskyi, Ludmila Dulebova, Rafal Malinowski, Krzysztof Bajer and Oksana Krasinska
The modification method of aluminosilicate clays and the modifier content have a decisive influence on the structure and properties of the obtained nanocomposites. Therefore, the development and research of new techniques of nanoclays modification are of...
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Paraskevi Lampropoulou, Petros Petrounias, Aikaterini Rogkala, Panagiota P. Giannakopoulou, Eleni Gianni, Spiridon Mantzoukas, Ioannis Lagogiannis, Nikolaos Koukouzas, Sophia Hatziantoniou and Dimitrios Papoulis
Clays have been applied for centuries by people for many uses. From pottery to medicine, clays and clay minerals constitute part of individuals? daily routines. Natural fine-grained earth material, commonly found at Xi beach coastal area of Lixouri in Ke...
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T. Vamsi Nagaraju, Alireza Bahrami, Ch. Durga Prasad, Sireesha Mantena, Monalisa Biswal and Md. Rashadul Islam
The increase in population has made it possible for better, more cost-effective vehicular services, which warrants good roadways. The sub-base that serves as a stress-transmitting media and distributes vehicle weight to resist shear and radial deformatio...
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Feng Liu, Panpan Guo, Xunjian Hu, Baojian Li, Haibo Hu and Xiaonan Gong
The use of geosynthetic-encased stone columns has been proven to be an economical and effective method for soft soil foundation treatment. This method is widely used in civil engineering projects at home and abroad. When the geosynthetic-encased stone co...
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Cristian Acuña, Juan Betancur, Jair Arrieta Baldovino, Guilliam Barboza and Manuel Saba
This study assessed the dispersivity of soils extracted from the northern region of Cartagena de Indias (Colombia) using the pinhole test, crumb test, and chemical?microstructural analyses. Dispersive soils are susceptible to erosive phenomena upon conta...
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John L. Manrique C.,José E. Ortiz,Antonio Delgado H.
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Vanadium (V) and uranium (U) are critical elements for the energy and technology industry. They are characterized by low abundance in the earth crust´s rocks, but can be concentrated and give rise to sedimentary mineral deposits as a result of redox proc...
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Farah Nefzaoui, Mohamed Fethi Ben Hamouda, Paula Maria Carreira, José Manuel Marques and Hans G. M. Eggenkamp
The key processes responsible for the rise in groundwater salinization in the Mio?Pliocene aquifer system of Sousse (Tunisia, eastern coastline) were identified through a multidisciplinary approach based on the use of geochemical, stable (2H, 13C, 18O an...
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Tao An, Dong Wang and Xiurong Yang
Gassy clays containing large, discrete gas bubbles are widely spread in deposits in shallow waters. The existence of gas bubbles may impair the original soil structure, resulting in the instability of offshore foundations and the occurrence of submarine ...
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