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Compressibility characteristics of organic soils in Egypt /

Hossam Ibrahim Abdelkader

Compressibility characteristics of organic soils in Egypt / الخواص الإنضغاطية للتربة العضوية فى مصر Hossam Ibrahim Abdelkader ; Supervised Mostafa E. Mosaad , Marawan M. Shahien - Cairo : Hossam Ibrahim Abdelkader , 2010 - 327P. : charts , facsimiles ; 30cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Engineering - Department of Civil Engineering

In this research a detailed soil investigation were conducted on high quality samples from two sites located at West - Delta, known to have the thickest most extensive organic deposits found in Egypt, to determine the physical, index, chemical and engineering properties of the various types of organic soils encountered, which ranged from organic silty clay to amorphous peat



Organic soil Shear strength Soil consolidation