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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Collapsing Soils <br /> <br />COLLAPSING and settling so! Is are relatively low density <br />mater i a Is wh i ch shr i nk in vo I ume when they become wet J and/or <br />are subjected to great weight such as from a bui Iding or road <br />fi II. The process of collapse with the addition of water i~ <br />also known as hydrocompaction. . <br /> <br /> <br />~" <br />, <br /> <br /> <br />td{d <br /> <br />,If;;II,! <br /> <br />. ({ 1,11/ <br />1(1/ I, 'I <br />/ / f I If <br /> <br />, ,'I fl(1 '" , <br />. ( I' I' <br />. '/' /1 Iltf' , <br />. I' ( I I ~. <br />I 1/1 / I, . . <br /> <br /> <br />'..: f/ I" '! '/: .'. <br />";'If{((t '):: . <br />,I, /( I ., ':.. '. . ", <br /> <br /> <br />rJ <br /> <br />~b1 <br /> <br />/"1 (.'tl/I <br />1/" ,/ I . <br />(' '1'1'; . ", <br /> <br />: '111 (f/ l' "1 I, <br /> <br />J', It f II I " ( <br /> <br />I II ,/ I ,. <br />--'I! I I I I <br /> <br />Successful multiple sequential land-use of mined areas requires planning and <br />engineering from the beginning. As Illustrated here. filling a clay pit with <br />trash and placing structures on the fill may not be successful due to the <br />settlement of fill as It decomposes. Controlled placement of fill and/or <br />drl I led pier foundations can often create stable conditions for structures In <br />simJ lar situations. Other situations may require an open space use of land. <br /> <br />41 <br />