LIME STABILIZATION OF LEVEE SLOPES

The U.S. Army Engineer District, Vicksburg, has developed a procedure for using lime in repairing slough slides that occur in the riverside slope of the Main Line Mississippi River Levees. Since 1964, approximately 450 main line levee slides have been repaired. After studying the cause and occurrence of these slides between 1968 and 1982 a procedure was developed for using lime to repair the slides. The history and results of those slide studies, the description of the repair procedures, and the performance of repaired slides to date are discussed in this paper.

• Corporate Authors:

  Department of the Interior

  Bureau of Reclamation, 1849 C Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20240

  Army Corps of Engineers

  Office of the Chief of Engineers, 1000 Independence Ave, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20314-1000

  Environmental Protection Agency

  401 M Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20460

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Fleming, R L
  • Sills, G L
  • Stewart, E S
• Conference:
  • Proceedings. Second Interagency Symposium on Stabilization of Soils and Other Materials
  • Location: Metaire, Louisiana
  • Date: 1992-11-2 to 1992-11-5
• Publication Date: 1992-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 8p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Calcium oxide; Landslides; Levees; Liming of soils; Soil stabilization
• Geographic Terms: Mississippi River
• Old TRIS Terms: Slides (Earth)
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Marine Transportation; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00635104
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 20 1993 12:00AM