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This paper documents geotechnical behaviour of sabkha soil and construction problems faced during construction on sabkha soil at a LNGI project site located in Kuwait. At proposed project area Sabkha soil (very loose to loose silty sand) with caprock was presented about −5.0 m CD to −11.0 m CD depths from seabed surface followed by medium dense to dense silty/sand up to a depths of −10.5 m CD to −17.0 m CD. Very dense sands are encountered below these depths up to about 64 m depth where soft rock was encountered. This paper discusses geotechnical investigation campaign, site reclamation geo-hazards (seismicity and liquefaction), pile construction problems and mitigation solutions.
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Matchala, S., Park, J.S., Kim, B.Y., Choi, T.G., Jun, Y.C. (2019). Geotechnical Behaviour and Construction Problems of Sabkha Soil. In: Randolph, M., Doan, D., Tang, A., Bui, M., Dinh, V. (eds) Proceedings of the 1st Vietnam Symposium on Advances in Offshore Engineering. VSOE 2018. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering , vol 18. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2306-5_8
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