IMPACT OF GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES DUE TO INDUSTRIAL AND HYDROCARBON CONTAMINATED SOIL

摘要

The soil contamination by industrial effluents and hydrocarbons contaminant has affected adversely both soil health and crop productivity. Such actions have an impact on the engineering properties of soils, such as the shear strength and the volume change (compressibility and swelling), and the chemical properties (adsorption and retention of heavy metals), which calls for better understanding of the behavior of such soils, so that they could be used for construction activities. This paper reviews works published about both industrials and hydrocarbons soil contamination and their effect on geotechnical properties of the soil. Similarly the methods of preparing the contaminant soil samples are also presented.