Soil polluted by oil and its derivatives is a critical environmental issue worldwide that
jeopardizes ecological systems and causes geotechnical problems. This review paper …

In recent years, oil spills and leakages have often occurred during oil exploration,
transportation, handling, usage, and processing, causing serious global environmental …

Stabilization is one of the most preferred techniques of dealing with expansive soils. Several
types of additives have been evolved and are successfully being used for this purpose. This …

Rapid industrialization is leading to the pollution of underground natural soil by alkali
concentration which may cause problems for the existing expansive soil in the form of …

The influence of type and amount of clays present in soils on their properties is well
understood. The clays exert their influence through large specific surface area and charges …

The structural failures induced by alkali-contamination of soils are well established by earlier
researchers. In the present study, the effect of alkali concentration (2 M and 4 M) and …

This paper presents the results of a systematic analysis aimed at establishing whether acidic
pore fluids can affect the properties of natural soils, in particular their compressibility. Marine …

The results of laboratory tests on chemo-mechanical interactions in kaolinite samples
prepared with inorganic, salt, acid and base solutions are presented. In particular, the effects …

Alkali contamination of soils results in repeated structural failure when exposed. Though the
effects of alkali on different soils have been investigated in recent years, a systematic …

This paper seeks to understand the effect of acidic fluids on the compressibility of soil. Three
natural soils (namely, Kansai clay, Yurakucho silt, and Oumigawa silt) containing kaolinite …