MAPPING REMOVAL SWELLING CLAY SOILS IN THE AURES (N’GAOUS) ALGERIA
Journal Title: Analele Universitatii din Oradea, Seria Geografie - Year 2016, Vol 26, Issue 2
Abstract
The shrinkage and swelling phenomena of certain clay soils cause differential settlement manifested by disorders that affect mainly the individual frame. The objective of this research was to create a map related to these phenomena especially in the area of Algeria N’gaous (figure 1). The approach of the study is primarily based firstly on the interpretation of a geological map at a scale 1 : 50 000 and on the other part from existing literature and observations on a synthesis of a large number of geotechnical information to determine susceptibility to the phenomenon of clay or marl formations. This approach consisted in the establishment of a synthetic departmental mapping of these formations that have been identified from a hierarchy as to their susceptibility according to the shrinkage and swelling phenomenon. This classification was established on the basis of three quantifiable main features: the dominant lithology of formations, the mineralogical composition of their clay fraction (proportion of swelling minerals) and geotechnical behavior (primarily assessed from the blue value and the plasticity index).
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MOUNA Rahmani, MOHAMED Baheddi, KALLA Mahdi
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