... (Director of Works, Air Ministry) thought that the most interesting soils overseas were those which were classified in Paper No. 6239, Section 11, Part 3, as calcareous silty clays (Table 9). Those soils were broadly termed cotton soils, and in the Levant zone of the Middle East were normally...

... on overseas soils by Ivan Kinnersley Nixon, A.M.I.C.E. and Bryan Openshaw Skipp, Ph.D., F.G.S. Discussion Mr K. C. Mann (Director of Works, Air Ministry) thought that the most interesting soils overseas were those which were classified in Paper No. 6239, Section 11, Part 3, as calcareous silty clays (Table...

...MJ TOMLINSON © Thomas Telford and ICE 1958 AIRFIELDS CONSTRUCTION SOILS OVERSEAS PAVEMENTS CALCAREOUS MATERIALS DEPOSITS TROPICAL COMPACTION IN SITU CLAYS SHRINKAGE CEMENT PORTLAND ENGINEERING DRAINAGE RAINFALL SOIL MECHANICS CLASSIFICATION STABILISATION AFRICA...

...MJ TOMLINSON SYMPOSIUM ON AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION ON OVERSEAS SOILS Section I1 Paper No. 6239 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION ON OVERSEAS SOILS by Michael John Tomlinson, A.M.I.C.E. Chief Engineer to the Central Laboratoryof Gcorge Wimpey & Co. Ltd Part 3 : Saline calcareous soils Part 4: Alluvial sands...

...KE CLARE; RRL © Thomas Telford and ICE 1957 ROAD RESEARCH LABORATORY RRL SOILS TROPICAL FORMATION CLASSIFICATION AIRFIELDS CONSTRUCTION ROCKS IGNEOUS MATERIALS VOLCANIC GRAVEL LATERITE CALCAREOUS PROPERTIES CLAYS BLACK DRAINAGE TOPOGRAPHY PLASTICITY CHEMICAL...