| Download | - View final version: Fast-growing trees can cause house damage (PDF, 1.6 MiB)
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| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/40000608 |
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| Author | Search for: Burn, K. N.; Search for: Penner, E.1 |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Physical description | 10 p. |
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| Subject | Basements and foundations; trees (plants); differential settlement; clay soils; foundations; damages; crackings (breaking); shrinkage |
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| Abstract | The problem of house damage caused by trees extracting moisture from shrinkable clays beneath foundations is reviewed. The effects of the structure of the clays, of the dryness of the growing season, and of the species of tree growing in the vicinity of the house on the intensity of damage are briefly reviewed. |
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| Publication date | 1975-08 |
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| Publisher | National Research Council of Canada |
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| Note | Aussi disponible en francais: Les Arbres a croissance rapide peuvent endommager les maisons. |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | No |
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| NRC number | NRC-IRC-1668 |
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| NPARC number | 20377645 |
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| Export citation | Export as RIS |
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| Record identifier | e957f928-a982-494d-863c-c50378aaea32 |
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| Record created | 2012-07-24 |
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| Record modified | 2023-01-19 |
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