ARABIAN SALT-BEARING SOIL (SABKHA) AS AN ENGINEERING MATERIAL

SABHKA IS ESSENTIALLY A CARBONATE SAND CONTAINING VARYING PROPORTIONS OF EVAPORITIC MINERALS AND IS FOUND IN THE SALT FLATS OF THE ARABIAN PENINSULA. THIS REPORT DISCUSSES THE HIGHWAY ENGINEERING PROPERTIES AND USES OF THE MATERIAL AND COMPARED ITS PERFORMANCE WITH THAT OF SIMILAR SALINE MATERIALS IN OTHER ARID AREAS OF THE WORLD. THE MANNER IN WHICH THE EVAPORITIC MINERALS CONTRIBUTE TO THE PERFORMANCE OF THE MATERIAL IN ROAD CONSTRUCTION IS NOT FULLY UNDERSTOOD AND IN ORDER TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SABKHA ROAD BASES, A FULLSCALE EXPERIMENT HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED TO STUDY THE RELATIVE PERFORMANCE UNDER TRAFFIC OF THREE DIFFERENT SABKHAS USED AS ROAD BASES UNDER A THIN BITUMINOUS SURFACING. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)

  Wokingham, Berkshire  United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • Ellis, C I
• Publication Date: 1973

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 20 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Building materials; Evaporation; Foundations; Minerals; Properties of materials; Road construction; Sodium chloride; Sodium chloride; Soils
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00230470
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: No Lr 523 R&d Rpt
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 14 1973 12:00AM