Suitability of Lateritic Soils as Construction Material in Sustainable Housing Development in Africa : a Geological Perspective

Lateritic soils which have been described as highly weathered tropical or sub-tropical residual soils with varying proportions of particle sizes ranging from clay size to gravel, were studied in an attempt to establish its suitability or otherwise as sustainable material in building bricks and ho...

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Main Author: Oyelami, Charles Adebayo
Other Authors: Van Rooy, J.L. (Jan Louis)
Language:en
Published: University of Pretoria 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/63285
Oyelami, CA 2017, Suitability of Lateritic Soils as Construction Material in Sustainable Housing Development in Africa : a Geological Perspective, PhD Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/63285>