Engineering properties of Sabkha soils in the Benghazi plain and construction problems : Khan, I H; Hasnain, S I Engng Geol, V17, N3, Oct 1981, P175–183

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Engineering properties of sabkha soils in the benghazi plain and construction problems

✍ Iqbal H. Khan; Syed I. Hasnain 📂 Article 📅 1981 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 411 KB

This paper describes the geological, geotechnical and chemical properties of some Sabkha (lagoonal) soils in the Benghazi plain. Several buildings constructed on such soils show tilting and cracks. The cause of this trouble has been traced to the special characteristics of Sabkha soils. It is sugges