[1] R. Ladd, Preparing test specimens using undercompaction, Geotechnical testing journal, 1(1) (1978) 16-23.
[2] S.A. Naeini, M.H. Baziar, Effect of sample preparation on steady state, in: Geotechnical Measurements: Lab and Field, 2000, pp. 16-29.
[3] J. Shi, W. Haegeman, V. Cnudde, Anisotropic small-strain stiffness of calcareous sand affected by sample preparation, particle characteristic and gradation, Géotechnique, 71(4) (2021) 305-319.
[4] Y. Jafarian, I. Towhata, M. Baziar, A. Noorzad, A. Bahmanpour, Strain energy based evaluation of liquefaction and residual pore water pressure in sands using cyclic torsional shear experiments, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 35 (2012) 13-28.
[5] Y. Jafarian, H. Javdanian, A. Haddad, Strain-dependent dynamic properties of Bushehr siliceous-carbonate sand: experimental and comparative study, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 107 (2018) 339-349.
[6] I. Towhata, Geotechnical earthquake engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 2008.
[7] J. Shi, W. Haegeman, J. Andries, Investigation on the mechanical properties of a calcareous sand: the role of initial fabric, Marine Georesources and Geotechnology, (2020) DOI:10.1080/1064119X.1062020.1775327.
[8] J. Shi, W. Haegeman, A. Mascini, V. Cnudde, X-ray analysis on the effect of sample preparation on the microstructure of calcareous sands, Marine Georesources & Geotechnology, 39(3) (2021) 302-311.
[9] H. Shahnazari, R. Rezvani, M.A. Tutunchian, Post-cyclic volumetric strain of calcareous sand using hollow cylindrical torsional shear tests, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 124 (2019) 162-171.
[10] Y. Jafarian, I. Towhata, M.H. Baziar, A. Noorzad, A. Bahmanpour, Strain energy based evaluation of liquefaction and residual pore water pressure in sands using cyclic torsional shear experiments, Soil dynamics and earthquake engineering, 35 (2012) 13-28.
[11] X.-Z. Wang, Y.-Y. Jiao, R. Wang, M.-J. Hu, Q.-S. Meng, F.-Y. Tan, Engineering characteristics of the calcareous sand in Nansha Islands, South China Sea, Engineering Geology, 120 (2011) 40-47.
[12] Y. Xiao, Z. Yuan, C.S. Desai, M. Zaman, Q. Ma, Q. Chen, H. Liu, Effects of load duaration and stress level on deformation and particle breakage of carbonate sands, International Journal of Geomechanics, 20(7) (2020) 06020014-06020019.
[13] A. Sadrekarimi, Evaluating the liquefaction and reliquefaction behavior of a carbonate sand, in: the 70th Canadian Geotechnical Conference and the 12th Joint CGS/IAH-CNC Groundwater Conference held in Ottawa, civil and environmental engineering presentations, Ontario, 2017, pp. 1-4.
[14] Y. Dehnavi, H. Shahnazari, H. Salehzadeh, R. Rezvani, Compressibility and Undrained Behavior of Hormuz Calcareous sand, Electronic Journal of Electrical Engineering,EJGE, 15 (2010) 1684-1702.
[15] H. Farshbaf Aghajani, H. Salehzadeh, R. Rezvani, Energy equilibrium during crushing of sandy soils underisotropic compression, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 41 (2016) 1531-1542.
[16] M. Hassanlourad, H. Salehzadeh, H. Shahnazari, Undrained triaxial shear behavior of grouted carbonate sands, International Journal of Civil Engineering, 9(4) (2011) 307-314.
[17] S.H.R. Kargar, H. Shahnazari, H. Salehzadeh, Post-cyclic behavior of carbonate sand with anisotropic consolidation, International Journal of Civil Engineering, 12(4) (2014) 316-325.
[18] H. Shahnazari, R. Rezvani, Effective parameters for the particle breakage of calcareous sands: An experimental study, Engineering geology, 159 (2013) 98-105.
[19] H. Shahnazari, R. Rezvani, m.a. Tutunchian, An Experimental Study on the Phase Transformation Point of Crushable and Non-crushable soils, Marine Georesources & Geotechnology, 35(2) (2017) 176-185.
[20] H. Shahnazari, H. Salehzadeh, R. Rezvani, Y. Dehnavi, The Effect of Shape and Stiffness of Originally Different Marine Soil Grains on Their Contractive and Dilative Behavior, KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 18(4) (2014) 975-983.
[21] M.H.B. Zare, Alireza, Boushehr liquefaction hazard zonation based on SPT and results presentation by using GIS platform, Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 48(3) (2018) 109-119.
[22] M. Davoudi, seismic geotechnical microzonation studies, in, international Institute of earthquake engineering and seismology, Project in connection with industry, 2010.
[23] R. Rezvani, Investigation of volumetric strain in saturated carbonated soil after applying cyclic load University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran, 1395.
[24] BS1377-3, BS 1377: part 3 Chemical and electro-chemical tests, BSI, London, 1990.
[25] Standard Test Methods for Particle-Size Distribution (Gradation) of Soils Using Sieve Analysis, in: ASTM D6913-17, ASTM International, 2017.
[26] M. powers, A new roundness scale for sedimentary particles, Journal of sedimentary petrology, 23(2) (1953) 117-119.
[27] Standard test methods for specific gravity of soils by water pycnometer, in: ASTM D854-14, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA, 2014.
[28] Standard Test Methods for Minimum Index Density and Unit Weight of Soils and Calculation of Relative Density, in: ASTM D4254-16, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA, 2016.
[29] Standard Test Methods for Maximum Index Density and Unit Weight of Soils Using a Vibratory Table, in: ASTM D4253-16e1, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA, 2016.
[30] S.A. Naeini, The influence of silt presence and sample preparation onliquefaction potential of silty sands, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2001.
[31] Laboratory preparation of chemically grouted soil-specimens for obtaining design strength parameters, in: ASTM D4320-02, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA, USA, 2002.