Geotechnics of organic soils and peat / Bujang B.K. Huat, Department of Civil Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia, Arun Prasad, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India, Afshin Asadi, HRC, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia, Sina Kazemian, Department of Civil Engineering, Payame Noor University, Iran.

Peat and organic soils commonly occur as extremely soft, wet, unconsolidated surficial deposits that are an integral part of wetland systems. These types of soils can give rise to geotechnical problems in the area of sampling, settlement, stability, in situ testing, stabilisation and construction. T...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Authors:	Huat, Bujang B. K. (Author), Prasad, Arun (Author), Asadi, Afshin (Author), Kazemian, Sina (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Leiden, The Netherlands : CRC Press/Balkema, [2014]
Subjects:	Soil mechanics. Peat soils.