PROBLEM SOILS: A REVIEW FROM A BRITISH PERSPECTIVE

By SUSAN MILLER

CONTENTS PROBLEM SOILS: A REVIEW FROM A BRITISH PERSPECTIVE BEHAVIOUR OF SILT: THE ENGINEERING CHARACTERISTICS OF LOESS IN THE UK SHRINKAGE AND SWELLING OF CLAYS BEHAVIOUR OF HIGHLY COMPRESSIBLE CLAYS AND SILTS SETTLEMENT OR SUBSIDENCE: THE LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE OF FOUNDATIONS ON PEAT, WITH REFERENCE TO THE SOMERSET LEVELS DEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING PROBLEM MUDROCKS USING RECLAMATION OF CONTAMINATED LAND WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO PRIDE PARK, DERBY CONSTRUCTION ON FILL PROBLEMATIC SOILS OR IS IT PROBLEMATIC SPECIFICATION? GROUND IMPROVEMENT BY DEWATERING DEEP COMPACTION OF PROBLEMATIC SOILS ENHANCED CEMENT STABILISATION OF CONTAMINATED CLAY SOILS NO PROBLEMATIC SOILS, ONLY ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS