Journal of Geology & Geophysics
Open Access

Owoyemi OO

Publications

• Review Article
  Variability in the Highway Geotechnical Properties of Two Residual Lateritic Soils from Central Nigeria
  Author(s): Owoyemi OO and Adeyemi GO Owoyemi OO and Adeyemi GO
  
  Sixty-four bulk samples of two residual lateritic soils forming the subgrade of the failed sections flexible highway pavement linking Ilorin to Mokwa in central Nigeria were investigated. This was with a view to determining the level of variation in the geotechnical properties of soil samples taken systematically within restricted area in two locations underlain by different bed rocks. One set was developed over sandstone formation of the Southern Bida Basin while the other set was developed over migmatite-gneiss. Consistency limits, grain size distribution, specific gravity, compaction, California Bearing Ratio (CBR), permeability and compressibility characteristics of these soils were determined using the British standard procedures 1377. Coefficient of variation was used to measure the degree of variation in the determined properties. The coefficients of variations for the sandston.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2381-8719.1000290

  Abstract PDF

Relevant Topics