Mitigating wind erosion of sand using biopolymer-assisted EICP technique

• Published in: Soils and foundations Vol. 60; no. 2; pp. 356 - 371
• Main Authors: Almajed, Abdullah, Lemboye, Kehinde, Arab, Mohamed G., Alnuaim, Ahmed
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.04.2020
• Subjects: CaCO3; EICP; Erosion; Soil improvement; Urea hydrolysis; EICP; Soil improvement; Urea hydrolysis; CaCO3; Erosion
• ISSN: 0038-0806
• DOI: 10.1016/j.sandf.2020.02.011

A study was conducted to stabilize An Nafud desert sand against wind-induced erosion employing enzyme-induced carbonate precipitation (EICP) assisted by a sodium alginate (SA) biopolymer. Biopolymers occur naturally in brown seaweed, are inexpensive, and are used extensively in the food, textile, an...