Road Embankments on Seasonally-Frozen Peat Foundations

Muskeg or peat deposits cover large areas in northern Manitoba. Test sections of a newly constructed highway on peat were instrumented to investigate their performance and to develop more economical means of construction method. Test Section ‘A’ was constructed with geotextile base layer while Secti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: De Guzman, Earl Marvin
Other Authors: Alfaro, Marolo (Civil Engineering)
Published: Canadian Geotechnical Society - Proceedings of the 67th Canadian Geotechnical Conference 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/30306