Article: Sand helps with sticky problems.

Article: A semi-mobile flash dryer/calciner unit to manufacture pozzolana ...
Construction and Building Materials;  March 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... local production of pozzolana from clay soils using a semi-mobile dryer/calciner ... binder) is then manufactured from a clay soil that is calcined at moderate temperatures ... the production of pozzolana from clay soils, and built a 800-kg/h production ...

Article: WHITE PINES SOMETIMES STRUGGLE IN HEAVY CLAY ...
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  January 3, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... sandy glacial till and rocky, infertile soils, sometimes in nearly pure stands. It does not naturally grow in the heavy clay soil with drainage issues. Furthermore, white pine is not a small tree. It often reaches 80 feet in height and spreads at least ...

Article: Global warming adding to subsidence risk on clay ...
Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England);  April 16, 2000 ;     299 words ... ... Gloucestershire is up there among the top 20 most at risk. Climate change has increased subsidence risk on highly-absorbent clay soil on which 18 per cent of UK properties are built, mostly in the south. The HomeSight Internet information service (provided ...

Article: Improved measurement of conductivity on swelling clay ...
Australian Journal of Soil Research;  November 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... measuring hydraulic properties of swelling clay soils. For example, Connolly et al. (2002 ... failure of disc permeameters on swelling clay soils, and report the benefits of simple modifications ... experiments were conducted on a range of clay soils displaying mild to strong ...

Article: Evaluation of some phosphorus index criteria in cultivated ...
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... P index in cultivated lands on heavy clay soils. The objective of this study was to ... on nutrient losses in runoff in heavy clay soils. Three factors commonly utilized in ... factors on runoff nutrient losses on heavy clay soils under cultivated agriculture, ie ...

Article: Exterior drainage system effective with clay soils
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 13, 1998 ;     519 words ... ... Again, dirt, mud and silt can block the crack. Heavy clay soils can do a lot of damage to a foundation wall. Excavating the ... with gravel will protect the foundation from the pressures of clay soils. ------------ C. Dwight Barnett is a master inspector ...

Article: Property: How to beat that sinking feeling Clay ...
The Independent - London;  October 30, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... has also continued to bedevil properties in areas with soft clay soils and shaky foundations. An Association of British Insurers ... in the past 25 years. Much of the region is built on soft clay soils that shrink and swell due to moisture or lack of it and are ...