Boourabah, Maghnia AsmahaneTaibi, SaidAbou Bekr, Nabil2013-05-152013-05-1520111964-8189https://dspace.univ-tlemcen.dz/handle/112/1893EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND CIVIL ENGINEERING, ISSN : 1964-8189, DOI : 10.3166/EJECE.15.179-196, Issue : 2, Volume : 15, pp. 179-196, 2011.In environmental geotechnics, the valorization of dredging sediments and their use in embankments is a way increasingly prospected by researchers these last years. This paper treats exploitation of dredging sediments of the dam Cheurfas (Algeria) and their valorization in road embankments. Physico-chemical, mineralogical and mechanical analyses were studied to determine their level of influence on the mechanical behaviour. These analyses showed that a treatment by sand, lime and cement proved to be necessary. Various formulations were elaborate in this direction and a synthesis of the mechanical characteristics was elaborate in accordance with the standards and the classification of materials used in road embankments.endredging sediments, valorization, treatment, road embankment, dams, mechanical behaviourArticle