Soil is one of the most important construction materials in the world. It has been effectively
exploited for various purposes, such as building social infrastructures, growing agricultural …

Expansive soils are widely distributed in China. Six types and subtypes of expansive soils
are classified based on their origins and geological times in this paper. The soil samples …

Water generally plays a harmful role in the stability of mudstone and has induced many
geological disasters in mudrock strata. To visually examine water-induced deterioration of …

To uncover the formation mechanism of the Houba landslide in the Three Gorges Reservoir
Area in China, macroscopic deformation characteristics, matter and structural characteristics …

Jordan is a country rich in clays of different origins. Clays of industrial importance are found
in different stratigraphic units from Paleozoic to Cenozoic. The most potential clay minerals …

Large-scale physical model test on expansive soil slope at a shallow depth is conducted
with the aim of monitoring moisture content and swelling deformation. In this paper, a wedge …

Rock masses in southwest China are dominated by alternating layers of sandstone and
mudstone. When exposed to natural conditions, mudstone is vulnerable to disintegration …

Road instability along the Jerash–Amman highway was assessed using the weighted
overlay method in Geographic Information System environment. The landslide susceptibility …

Several cross-sections carried out in the Bir M'Cherga area (northern Tunisia) provided a
complete Triassic–Miocene stratigraphic sequence, rather representative of the whole …

An experimental investigation is made for evaluating the long-term creep behavior of a
compacted clay under low confining pressure (from 12 to 50 kPa). Specimens compacted at …