Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Date
02 Jun 1993, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Abstract
Jizan city is located on a salt dome surrounded by low-lying flat terrain consisting of silty-sandy soils. Being on the sea-shore, water immigrates to the surface leaving a salt crust on the top surface, which is known as 'Sabkha' soil. This salt bearing (saline) soil and the salt dome affected the foundation performance in the area. Buildings are experiencing foundation problems as a result of the low bearing capacity of the 'Sabkha' soil and the dissolution of the salt rock underneath the footings of the low-rise buildings, causing tilting of such structures. This paper would present the geotechnical aspects of the area concentrating on the foundation design and construction practice. Remedial aspects would be discussed to improve the performance of foundations.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
3rd Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1993 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Fatani, M. N. and Khan, A. M., "Foundations on Salt Bearing Soils of Jizan" (1993). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 35.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/3icchge/3icchge-session01/35
Foundations on Salt Bearing Soils of Jizan
St. Louis, Missouri
Jizan city is located on a salt dome surrounded by low-lying flat terrain consisting of silty-sandy soils. Being on the sea-shore, water immigrates to the surface leaving a salt crust on the top surface, which is known as 'Sabkha' soil. This salt bearing (saline) soil and the salt dome affected the foundation performance in the area. Buildings are experiencing foundation problems as a result of the low bearing capacity of the 'Sabkha' soil and the dissolution of the salt rock underneath the footings of the low-rise buildings, causing tilting of such structures. This paper would present the geotechnical aspects of the area concentrating on the foundation design and construction practice. Remedial aspects would be discussed to improve the performance of foundations.
