Evaluating the quality of clay on the VL1 core Vinh Long and apply for making brick

Abstract

The Holocene sediment commonly covers the Mekong River Delta. The most is the fine materials including silt, clay; they are very plentiful. There are a lot of researches about Holocene sediment that study about sediment, formal origin, and pedology, applying for minerals survey and the agricultural development. Aim of this topic to know the characteristics of minerals in the clay and basic geotechnical properties for using the materials to make brick in the Vinhlong province.