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Volume 3, Issue 5
1 October 1954
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Research Article| October 01 1954

CORRSPONDENCE. A FOUNDATION FAILURE DUE TO CLAY SHRINKAGE CAUSED BY POPLAR TREES.

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A W SKEMPTON
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1753-7789
© Thomas Telford and ICE
1954
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (1954) 3 (5): 604–621.
https://doi.org/10.1680/iicep.1954.11205

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Keywords: FOUNDATIONS, FAILURES, CLAYS, SHRINKAGE, POPLAR, TREES, BUILDINGS, DAMAGE, ROOTS, SOIL INVESTIGATION, BORED, PILES, VEGETATION
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