[1] B.T. Morioka, Evaluation of the static and cyclic strength properties of calcareous sand using cone penetrometer tests. PhD Thesis, University of Hawaii, (1999).
[2] H.G. Brandes, Simple shear behavior of calcareous and quartz sands, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 29 (1) (2011) 113-126 .
[3] N.F. Ismael, A.H.N. Ahmad, Bearing capacity of footings on calcareous sands, Soils and Foundations, 30 (3) (1990) 81-90.
[4] B.W. Byrne, G. T. Houlsby. Observations of footing behaviour on loose carbonate sands, Géotechnique, 51(5) (2001) 463-466.
[5] S. Ohno, H. Ochiai, N. Yasufuku, Estimation of pile settlement in calcareous sans, Engineering for Calcareous Sediments, Baklkema, Rotterdam, (1999) 1-6.
[6] J.L. Alba, J. M. Audibert. Pile design in calcareous and carbonaceous granular materials, and historic review, In The 2nd International Conference on Engineering for Calcareous Sediments, (1999) 29-44.
[7] S.M. Safinus, S. Hossain, M.F. Randolph, Comparison of stress-strain behaviour of carbonate and silicate sediments, In Proceedings of the 18th international conference on soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering, Paris, (2013) 267-270.
[8] X.Z. Wang, X. Wang, Z.C. Jin, Q.S. Meng, C.Q. Zhu, R. Wang, Shear characteristics of calcareous gravelly soil, Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 76 (2) (2017) 561-573.
[9] G. Shang, L. Sun, S. Li, X. Liu, W. Chen, Experimental study of the shear strength of carbonate gravel, Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, (2020) 1-4.
[10] M.R.Coop, K.K. Sorensen, T. Bodas Freitas, G. Georgoutsos, Particle breakage during shearing of a carbonate sand, Géotechnique, 54 (3) (2004) 157-163.
[11] M. Hasanlourad, H. Salehzadeh, H. Shahnazari, Dilation and particle breakage effects on the shear strength of calcareous sands based on energy aspects, International Journal of Civil Engineerng, 6 (2) (2008) 108-119.
[12] H.F. Aghajani, H. Salehzadeh, Anisotropic behavior of the Bushehr carbonate sand in the Persian Gulf, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 8 (10) (2015) 8197-8217.
[13] X.X. Wang, X. Wang, J.W. Chen, R. Wang, M.J. Hu, Q.S. Meng, Experimental study on permeability characteristics of calcareous soil. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 77 (4) (2018) 1753-1762.
[14] H. Wei, T. Zhao, J. He, Q. Meng, X. Wang, Evolution of particle breakage for calcareous sands during ring shear tests, International Journal of Geomechanics, 18(2) (2018) 04017153.
[15] X. Zhang, W. Hu, G. Scaringi, B.A. Baudet, W. Han, Particle shape factors and fractal dimension after large shear strains in carbonate sand, Géotechnique Letters, 8(1) (2018) 73-79.
[16] S. Havaee, M. R. Mosaddeghi, S. Ayoubi, In situ surface shear strength as affected by soil characteristics and land use in calcareous soils of central Iran, Geoderma 237 (2015) 137-148.
[17] H. Shahnazari, Y. Jafarian, M.A. Tutunchia R. Rezvani, Undrained cyclic and monotonic behavior of Hormuz calcareous sand using hollow cylinder simple shear tests, International Journal of Civil Engineering, 14(4) (2016) 209-219.
[18] D. Bruce, M. Bruce, The practitioner’s guide to deep mixing. Grouting and ground treatment, In: Proceedings of the third international conference, geotechnical special publication, 120. Edited by American Society of Civil Engineers, (2003) 475–488.
[19] N. Molenaar, A.A.M. Venmans, Calcium carbonate cementation of sand: a method for producing artificially cemented samples for geotechnical testing and a comparison with natural cementation processes, Engineering Geology, 35 (1-2), (1993) 103-122.
[20] P.V. Lade, D.D. Overton, Cementation effects in frictional materials. Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 115 (10) (1989) 1373-1387.
[21] A.M. Ajorloo, H. Mroueh, L. Lancelot, Experimental investigation of cement treated sand behavior under triaxial test, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 30 (1) (2012) 129-143.
[22] E. Kucharski, G. Price, H. Li, H.A. Joer, Laboratory evaluation of CIPS cemented calcareous and silica sands. In 7th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics: Geomechanics in a Changing World: Conference Proceedings (p. 102). Institution of Engineers, Australia, (1996).
[23] M.A. Ismail, H.A. Joer, H.W. Sim, M.F. Randolph, Effect of cement type on shear behavior of cemented calcareous soil, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 128 (6) (2002) 520-529.
[24] J.T. Huang, D.W. Airey, Properties of artificially cemented carbonate sand, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 124 (6) (1998) 492-499.
[25] P. Xiao, H. Liu, A.W. Stuedlein, T.M. Evans, Y. Xiao, Effect of relative density and biocementation on cyclic response of calcareous sand. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 56(12) (2019) 1849-1862.
[26] K. Grine, A. Attar, A. Aoubed, D. Breysse,Using the design of experiment to model the effect of silica sand and cement on crushing properties of carbonate sand, Materials and structures, 44 (1) (2011) 195-203.
[27] M. Hassanlourad, H. Salehzadeh, H. Shahnazari, Undrained triaxial shear behavior of grouted carbonate sands, International Journal of Civil Engineering, 9 (4) (2011) 307-314.
[28] R.C. Chaney, S.M. Slonim, S.S. Slonim, Determination of calcium carbonate content in soils, Geotechnical properties, behavior, and performance of calcareous soils. ASTM International, (1982).
[29] J.Q. Shang, E. Mohamedelhassan, M. Ismail, Electrochemical cementation of offshore calcareous soil, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 41(5) (2004) 877-893.