Geotechnical study of carbonate rocks on the area between Alexandria and el-alamein along the mediterranean sea coast of Egypt

Abstract EN

To accommodate the rapid increase of population and avoide the construction on green lands, it is necessary to construct on desert areas.

For that reason the area between Alexandria and El Aamein in the north western coastal plain of Egypt was the subject of detailed geotechnical investigation.

This area comprises four longitudinal carbonate ridges extending parallel to the Mediterranean Coast with broad interdunal area that covered by Lagoonal Sabkha Soil.

Geotechnical investigation of carbonate rocks have shown that these rocks can be classified as oolitic Limestone that has a wide range of density and porosity.

They are of low to very low strength and high failure strain due to low cementation forces and weak coherence of carbonate strains grains.