Authors:
N. M.Sa’don, A. R. Abdul Karim, Z. Ahamad and A. Mariappan
Book:
Proceedings of the 15th International Peat Congress
Venue:
Kuching
Keywords:
degree-of-humidification, loss-of-ignition, peat-consolidation, sarawak-hemic-peat
Documentfile:
ipc16p630-634a203sadon.karim_.etal_.pdf
Summary:
SUMMARY
Peat layer in Sarawak alone represents 13 percent or about 1.66 million hectares of Sarawak’s total land area. They are mostly in low-lying areas; with in some areas, peat exceeding 10 m in depth. During past few decades, the demands of urbanisation resulted in the expansion of land development into swamp and deep peat areas. Thus, proper understanding, management and construction practices should be emphasized on peat to overcome consequential occurrence of ground subsidence problems. The objectives of this study are to investigate the consolidation settlement parameters and shear strength behaviour of hemic peat in Sarawak. The samples were…