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Site Characterization for Construction Purposes at FUNAAB using Geophysical and Geotechnical Methods

Materials and Geoenvironment
Volume 65 (2018): Issue 2 (September 2018)
By: A.A. Alabi,  A.O. Adewale,  J.O. Coker and  O.A. Ogunkoya  
Open Access
|Oct 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rmzmag-2018-0007 | Journal eISSN: 1854-7400
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Language: English
Page range: 89 - 102
Submitted on: Aug 22, 2017
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Accepted on: Dec 14, 2017
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Published on: Oct 17, 2018
Published by: Sciendo
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Keywords:
grain size,
California bearing ratio,
Atterberg limits,
compaction
Related subjects:
Computer sciences,
Databases and data mining,
Geosciences,
Geodesy,
Geology and mineralogy,
Materials sciences,
Materials characterization and properties

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