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Cover Contents Preface Chapter 1: Soil Formation and Composition Chapter Highlights 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Origin of Soils 1.3 Types of Weathering 1.3.1 Physical Weathering 1.3.2 Chemical Weathering 1.4 Soil Formation 1.4.1 Residual Soils 1.4.2 Transported Soils 1.4.3 Desiccated Soils 1.5 Major Soil Deposits of India 1.5.1 Marine Deposits 1.5.2 Black Cotton Soils 1.5.3 Laterites and Lateritic Soils 1.5.4 Alluvial Deposits 1.5.5 Desert Soils 1.6 Components of Soils 1.6.1 Solid Phase 1.6.2 Liquid Phase 1.6.3 Gaseous Phase 1.7 Particle Sizes and Shapes 1.7.1 Particle Size 1.7.2 Particle Shape 1.8 Inter-Particle Forces 1.9 Soil Minerals 1.9.1 Clay Minerals 1.9.2 Framework Silicate Minerals 1.10 Soil–Water System 1.11 Physico-Chemical Behaviour of Clays 1.11.1 Characteristics of Electrolytes 1.11.2 Electrochemical Characteristics 1.11.3 Characteristics of Bacteria 1.11.4 Electrokinetic Phenomena 1.11.5 Characteristics of Heat 1.12 Soil Structure 1.12.1 Structure of Granular Soils 1.12.2 Structure of Cohesive Soils Points to Remember Questions Chapter 2: Index Properties of Soils Chapter Highlights 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Three-Phase System 2.2.1 Void Ratio (e) 2.2.2 Porosity (n) 2.2.3 Degree

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Author
P. Purushothama Raj
Publisher
Pearson Education
Published
2008
Language
EN
ISBN
9781299487581
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Engineering, Stem

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