| Foreword | |
| Foreword | |
| Foreword | |
| Foreword | |
| Preface | |
| Organization | |
| Introduction | |
| The sun, the desert and the sea under-utilized resources | |
| Coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical processes in geomechanics: A perspective of modelling, computations and experiments | p. 3 |
| Natural consolidation process and cementation of marine sediments | p. 13 |
| Recent advances in constitutive modelling of unsaturated soils | p. 25 |
| Numerical analysis in geotechnical engineering: Case histories | p. 35 |
| The behaviour of arid climate soils in the Gulf area | p. 45 |
| Foundation failures from inorganic contamination | p. 59 |
| Reversibility of swell behaviour of bentonite inundated with liquids | p. 65 |
| Khalifa city 'b' ground conditions program | p. 75 |
| Empirical correlations between engineering properties and index properties of soils | p. 83 |
| Lessons learned from using Jack up barges for geotechnical drilling | p. 89 |
| Pollution effects on soil geotechnical properties | p. 99 |
| Estimation of the viscosity of clay suspensions | p. 107 |
| Assessment of internal fabric of particulate materials | p. 115 |
| Effects of added lime on the soil engineering properties | p. 125 |
| Stabilization characteristics of cement-kiln dust | p. 133 |
| Ground improvement using lime-fly ash column method | p. 139 |
| Stabilization of desert sand using water-born polymers | p. 143 |
| Effect of sulphate on the properties of lime stabilised kaolinitic soil | p. 149 |
| Roadway embankment stabilization using a superlight weight fill | p. 155 |
| Evaluation of stabilized base, sand seal and slurry seal pavement sections in Oman | p. 165 |
| The effect of clay content and slake durability on the compressive strength of weak rocks | p. 177 |
| Flexible geogrids installation damage under various conditions | p. 185 |
| Laboratory pull-out tests evaluation for geogrid strip reinforcement | p. 193 |
| New design method of polymer liners subjected to external pressure for rigid pipe rehabilitation | p. 201 |
| Investigating landslide hazards in Muscat area, Sultanate of Oman | p. 209 |
| Evaluation and prediction of collapse potential of arid soils | p. 217 |
| The negative role of sulfate resistance cement on the soil-concrete structure interaction | p. 227 |
| Large scale experiments data analysis for estimation of hydrodynamic force coefficients Part 1: Time domain analysis | p. 233 |
| Large scale experiments data analysis for estimation of hydrodynamic force coefficients Part 2: Frequency domain analysis | p. 243 |
| Calculating sand movement quantities in desert using probability distributions | p. 253 |
| A novel technique to investigate the suspension of solid particles in rectangular bio-reactor | p. 261 |
| Strength of partially saturated remolded clays | p. 271 |
| The use of thermocouple psychrometer in the retention curve determination | p. 275 |
| A numerical method for evaluating diffusivity parameters for coupled heat and moisture flow in unsaturated soil | p. 283 |
| Coupled heat and moisture flow in unsaturared soils under opposing thermal and hydraulic gradients | p. 291 |
| In-situ investigations in Riyadh limestone | p. 301 |
| Comparison of filed measured and predicted soil suction and volume changes in expansive soil | p. 311 |
| The mineralogical composition of the Dammam Formation aquifer in Kuwait | p. 319 |
| Bioreactor landfills: Experimental study | p. 327 |
| Saltwater intrusion into coastal aquifers | p. 333 |
| Review of microbial enhanced oil recovery | p. 343 |
| Evidence of Holocene transgression, dolomitization and the source of arsenic in the Bengal delta | p. 351 |
| Aspects of medical waste management plans - The Syrian example | p. 357 |
| Role of regulatory agencies in risk management of polluted sites | p. 361 |
| Landfill as a tool for controlling the environmental pollution of the natural protectorates - Saint Katherine area as a case study | p. 377 |
| Assessment of municipal solid waste compost characteristics | p. 387 |
| Influence of hydraulic hysteresis on the migration of contaminants in subsurface | p. 395 |
| Sorption distribution coefficients: Discrepancy between batch and column techniques | p. 403 |
| Parametric sensitivity analysis of tracer and groundwater contaminant transport models | p. 411 |
| Modeling flow and solute transport in the unsaturated zones | p. 421 |
| Scale-dependent saltwater intrusion modeling | p. 429 |
| Characterization of hydrodynamic dispersion in porous media | p. 435 |
| Experimental and numerical study of leachate movement from municipal landfill | p. 443 |
| Modeling groundwater conditions in Al-Wafra area of southern Kuwait | p. 451 |
| Numerical modeling of subsurface drainage in Kuwait city | p. 459 |
| Modeling flow in the unsaturated zone in Shwab dam site area | p. 467 |
| Geochemical associations in the marine sediments off Ras Al-Kheimah, United Arab Emirates | p. 473 |
| Petrography of calcretes and their effects on the hydrology of Kuwait group aquifer | p. 481 |
| Electrical properties of soils contaminated with oil | p. 487 |
| Results of geophysical site investigations near a destroyed building in El-Sahab sector, Suez government, Egypt | p. 493 |
| Soluble mineral content of soils using electrical conductivity | p. 499 |
| Using Arc View GIS to assess groundwater quality beneath two landfills near Ottawa | p. 505 |
| Groundwater deterioration from a tailing dam leakage, Sultanate of Oman | p. 513 |
| Selected environmental issues and remedial actions for water supply and wastewater sector in Egypt | p. 523 |
| Emission control in oil refineries in India: A case study | p. 529 |
| Eco-Scavenging - An environmental friendly manual scavenging of M.S.W.: A pilot study in Karachi | p. 537 |
| Water supply and wastewater management progress for population development in Egypt | p. 545 |
| Utilization of paper waste sludge in concrete | p. 551 |
| Pollution hazards and their remedies in wool processing industries: Case Study - El Marj Blanket Complex | p. 557 |
| Biodegradation of crude oil | p. 567 |
| Microbial process for pollution control: Bioremediation | p. 571 |
| Modeling the temporal degradation of municipal solid waste compost | p. 577 |
| Enhancement of sludge stabilization by vacuum disintegration of bacterial cells | p. 585 |
| Sludge-solid waste mixture decomposition in landfills | p. 591 |
| Industrial wastewater treatment using Advanced Integrated Wastewater Ponds (AIWPS) | p. 597 |
| Flow of electrostatic charges in porous media during electrochemical remediation | p. 607 |
| Heavy metals removal from municipal wastewater sludge under the effect of electric current application | p. 619 |
| Electrochemical remediation of nitrate-contaminated sandy soil | p. 625 |
| Development of an electrical polarization technique for subsurface pollutants detection | p. 633 |
| Removal of suspended solids from the effluent of textile industry: A case study | p. 643 |
| The use of peat and compost for removal of boron from landfill leachate | p. 649 |
| Influence of clay minerals on municipal sludge degradation | p. 653 |
| Effect of soil parameters for characterizing gasoline contaminated soils using soil vapour | p. 661 |
| Oligomerization of chloro and nitro aromatic compounds by iron and nickel enriched clays | p. 669 |
| Geoenvironmental study - Treatment of acid mine drainage using zeolite clinoptilolite | p. 675 |
| Effect of zinc chloride and lead on seed germination and early seedling growth of rice and alfalfa | p. 683 |
| Author index | p. 690 |
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