Biostratigraphy of Early Eocene Margala Hill Limestone in the Muzaffarabad Area (Kashmir Basin, Azad Jammu and Kashmir)

The present study focuses on some experimental laboratory tests using a newly-constructed modified direct shear test apparatus. The single-stage and multistage direct shear tests were performed to determine the shear rate and test scheme of the unsaturated shear test. Shear strength parameters of unsaturated soil in different conditions are obtained, and the criteria indicate good agreement with standard theories of unsaturated soil. The nonlinear matric suction failure envelope is determined. Some shear strength equations are also fitted through the experimental results. El presente estudio se basa en varias pruebas de laboratorio montadas en una máquina de experimentos recientemente construida y modificada para este objetivo. Se realizaron las pruebas monofase y multifase de cizallamiento para determinar el punto de corte y el modelo de cizallamiento no saturado. De esta manera se obtuvieron los parámetros de cizallamiento de suelos no saturados bajo diferentes condiciones y los resultados coincidieron con las teorías evaluadas en esta materia. También se determinó la curva de corte para la succión matricial no lineal. Algunas ecuaciones de fuerza de cizallamiento también encajan en los resultados experimentales. ABSTRACT RESUMEN

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Effect of Nano-Carbon on Water Holding Capacity in a Sandy Soil of the Loess Plateau

Zhou¹,

Chen²

2017

Earth sci. res. j.

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The poor water retention capacity of sandy soils commonly aggregate soil erosion and ecological environment on the Chinese Loess Plateau. Due to its strong capacity for absorption and large specific surface area, the use of nanocarbon made of coconut shell as a soil amendment that could improve water retention was investigated. Soil column experiments were conducted in which a layer of nanocarbon mixed well with the soil was formed at a depth of 20 cm below the soil surface. Four different nanocarbon contents by weight (0%, 0.1%, 0.5%, and 1%) and five thicknesses of the nanocarbon- soil mixture layer ranging from 1 to 5 cm were considered. Cumulative infiltration and soil water content distributions were determined when water was added to soil columns. Soil Water Characteristic Curves (SWCC) were obtained using the centrifuge method. The principal results showed that the infiltration rate and cumulative infiltration increased with the increases of nanocarbon contents, to the thicknesses of the nano carbon-soil mixture layer. Soil water contents that below the soil-nano carbon layer decreased sharply. Both the Brooks-Corey and van Genuchten models could describe well the SWCC of the disturbed sandy soil with various nano carbon contents. Both the saturated water content (θs), residual water content (θr) and empirical parameter (α) increased with increasing nano carbon content, while the pore-size distribution parameter (n) decreased. The available soil water contents were efficiently increased with the increase in nanocarbon contents.

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Biostratigraphy of Early Eocene Margala Hill Limestone in the Muzaffarabad Area (Kashmir Basin, Azad Jammu and Kashmir)

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Sedimentological and diagenetic analysis of Early Eocene Margalla Hill Limestone, Shahdara area, Islamabad, Pakistan: implications for reservoir potential

Direct Shear Test of Unsaturated Soil

Effect of Nano-Carbon on Water Holding Capacity in a Sandy Soil of the Loess Plateau

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