Abstract
Limestone in Malaysia exhibits a wide range of solutional features. The outcrops of these rocks, often in the form of isolated hills, expose only a fraction of the surface area underlain by the limestone. The alluvial plains on which several of the major urban centres have been built commonly have limestone bedrock at varying depths of superficial cover. The karstic nature of the subsurface limestone has given rise to a number of unique geotechnical problems.
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Les calcaires présentent en Malaisie une grande diversité de phénomènes de dissolution. Les affleurements de ces calcaires, souvent sous la forme de collines isolées, ne representent qu'une partie des surfaces recouvertes par ces roches. Les plaines alluviales, sur lesquelles plusieurs centres urbains importants ont été construits, ont un substratum calcaire sous un recouvrement d'épaisseur variable. La nature karstique de ce calcaire a été à l'origine de nombreux problèmes géotechniques.
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Tan, B.K. Some geotechnical aspects of urban development over limestone terrain in Malaysia. Bulletin of the International Association of Engineering Geology 35, 57–63 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02590477
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