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Abstract The influence of sedimentation on overburden pressure and settlement of layered soil is studied and the relevant formulas are developed. The results from several numerical examples are analyzed and compared. It is shown that the overburden pressure is varied with depth in a non-linear way when sedimentation is considered, and the influence of sedimentation on settlement of layered soil is increased with load，soil compressibility and thickness of soil layer. The presented work is useful，especially for large strain consolidation analysis of layered soil.
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Received: 24 July 2002
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