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Salinity effects on the consistency limits and shear strength of cohesive soils of the Red River, Fargo, North Dakota

Authors: Muhammad Shahid Iqbal, Stephanie S. Day

Published in: Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment | Issue 1/2024

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Abstract

North Dakota glaciolacustrine deposits are susceptible to leaching of sodium sulfate, potentially emerging from the Dakota sandstone. The current work is designed to investigate the effects of sodium sulfate on the consistency limits and fully softened shear strength of cohesive deposits of glacial lake Agassiz, around the riverbanks of the Red River reach in the City of Fargo, North Dakota, USA. A decrease in the shear strength of cohesive deposits could increase susceptibility of riverbanks failures of the Red River. Field samples of topsoil, plastic laminated Sherack and Brenna formations were collected and tested for potential change in consistency limits and fully softened shear strength by adding different concentrations of sodium sulfate as pore fluid. It was found that the saline pore fluid significantly controls the consistency limits of these deposits and a decrease in the shear strength is recorded.

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Title: Salinity effects on the consistency limits and shear strength of cohesive soils of the Red River, Fargo, North Dakota
Authors: Muhammad Shahid Iqbal
Stephanie S. Day
Publication date: 01-01-2024
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment / Issue 1/2024
Print ISSN: 1435-9529
Electronic ISSN: 1435-9537
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-023-03508-6

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