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COARSE GRAINS DISTRIBUTION OF THE NATURAL DEPOSITS IN ARID AREAS

International Journal of Research in Engineering & Technology • 2014
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Authors ALNOS ALY E. HEGAZY
Keywords Arid Area, Coarse Grains, Grain Size Distribution, Northern Part of KSA, USCS, Sieve Analysis, Soil Deposit
Journal International Journal of Research in Engineering & Technology
Publisher Impact Journal
Volume Vol. 2
Issue Issue 5
Pages 153-160
publication.type International
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Abstract
In arid areas, the physical weathering is considered the main effect on formation of soil layers. Arar’s city is the
main city of Northern Border Region (NBR) at the north part of Saudi Arabia (KSA). In general, many Wadis and Sha’ibs
are surrounded Arar’s city. According to the urban development of Arar’s city, the knowledge about underlying soil
properties is strongly required. Wadis and Sha’ibs deposit were formed as a result of the water flow and wind movement in
the surrounding arid areas. The top deposits of Wadis and Sha’ibs are mature deposits. Sieve analysis tests were carried out
on soil deposit samples of many deposit locations around Arar’s city. The results show that the natural soil deposits are
classified intosilty sand (SM) as unified soil classification system (USCS). Also, the average contents of coarse and fine
grains are 70% and 30% respectively. Comparing of course grains distribution of the studied areas, it was found that the
average content of coarse and fine grains changes from 65% to 75% and from 35% to 25% respectively, while, the average
content of gravel is ranged from 10% to 20%. The discussion of results indicated that the soil depositin Wadis and Sha’ibs
around Arar’s city is suitable as a structure soil and it is not suitable as a cementing material product.