Expansive characteristics of gypsiferous/anhydritic soil formations

Shahid Azam; Sahel N. Abduljauwad; Naser A. Al-Shayea; Omar S.B. Al-Amoudi

doi:10.1016/S0013-7952(98)00044-1

Expansive characteristics of gypsiferous/anhydritic soil formations

Shahid Azam
, Sahel N. Abduljauwad^*
, Naser A. Al-Shayea
, Omar S.B. Al-Amoudi

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Geology and climatic and environmental conditions have led to the formation of expansive soils in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. Calcium sulphate, which commonly occurs in such soils, is well known for phase transformation and dissolution. Phase changes from gypsum to anhydrite and vice versa, and dissolution of these phases, add to the potential hazards of local expansive soils. This paper discusses the behaviour of the expansive soil formations of eastern Saudi Arabia containing gypsum and anhydrite.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	89-107
Number of pages	19
Journal	Engineering Geology
Volume	51
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0013-7952(98)00044-1
State	Published - Dec 1998

Keywords

Calcium sulphate
Dissolution
Expansive soil
Phase transformation

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Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
Geology

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