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Article: Engineering properties and compressibility behavior of tropical peat soil.
- Article from:
- American Journal of Applied Sciences
- Article date:
- October 1, 2007
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INTRODUCTION
Peat is an organic soil which consists more than 70% of organic matters. Peat deposits are found where conditions are favorable for their formation. In Malaysia, some 3 million hectares of land is covered with peat. Peat poses serious problems in construction due to its long-term consolidation settlements even when subjected to a moderate load (1). Hence, peat is considered unsuitable for supporting foundations in its natural state.
Various construction techniques have been carried out to support embankments over peat deposits without risking bearing failures but settlement of these embankments remains excessively large and continues for ...