Handbook Of Tropical Residual Soils Engineering

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Residual soils are found in many parts of the world

• Handbook Of Tropical Residual Soils Engineering available on February 18 2016 from VitalSource for itemprop="offers" target="_external" title="" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Offer">83.0
  
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Like other soils, they are used extensively in construction, either to build upon, or as construction material. They are formed when the rate of rock weathering is more rapid than transportation of the weathered particles by e.g., water, gravity and wind, which results in a large share of the soils formed remaining in place. The soils typically retain many of the characteristics of the parent rock. In a tropical region, residual soil layers can be very thick, sometimes extending to hundreds of meters before reaching un-weathered rock. Unlike the more familiar transported sediment soil, the engineering properties and behaviour of tropical residual soils may vary widely from place to place depending upon the rock of origin and the local climate during their formation

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