shrink-swell subsidence (Q969)
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A group of soils that exhibit volumetric change in response to changes in moisture content, such that they shrink in response to desiccation and swell by hydration, resulting in ground subsidence and ground heave respectively.
- problem soils
- expansive clay subsidence
- clay shrink-swell
- pipe clays
- shrink-swell clay
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| English | shrink-swell subsidence |
A group of soils that exhibit volumetric change in response to changes in moisture content, such that they shrink in response to desiccation and swell by hydration, resulting in ground subsidence and ground heave respectively. |
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