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A Micro-Level Investigation of Optimum Lime-Content Stabilized Expansive Soil Amended with Organic Coconut Shell Powder Cover

A Micro-Level Investigation of Optimum Lime-Content Stabilized Expansive Soil Amended with Organic Coconut Shell Powder

By: Jijo James  
Open Access
|Apr 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjce-2020-0001 | Journal eISSN: 1338-3973 | Journal ISSN: 1210-3896
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