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TABLE 3.38
Continued
Material
Type
a
Locations
γ
d
W (%)
LL (%)
PL
s
u
c (tsf)
φ
Remarks
(pcf)
(%)
(tsf)
Alluvium
Back swamp
OH
Louisiana
35.6
140
120
85
0.15
Back swamp
OH
Louisiana
62.4
60
85
50
0.1
Hack swamp
MH
Georgia
59.9
54
61
22
0.3
e
s
1.7
Lacustrine
CL
Great Salt Lake
48.7
50
45
20
0.34
Lacustrine
CL
Canada
69.3
62
33
15
0.25
Lacustrine
CH
Mexico City
18.1
300
410
260
0.4
e
s
7,
S
t
13
(volcanic)
Estuarine
CH
Thames River
48.7
90
115
85
0.15
Estuarine
CH
Lake Maricaibo
65
73
50
0.25
Estuarine
CH
Bangkok
130
118
75
0.05
Estuarine
MH
Maine
DO
60
30
0.2
Marine Soils (Other than Estuarine)
Offshore
MH
Santa Barbara,
52.0
80
83
44
0.15
e
s
2.28
California
Offshore
CH
New Jersey
65
95
60
0.65
Offshore
CH
San Diego
36.2
125
111
64
0.1
Depth
2m
Offshore
CH
Gulf of Maine
36.2
163
124
78
0.05
Coastal Plain
CH
Texas
86.7
29
81
55
10
0.2
16
φ
r
14,
e
s
0.8
(Beaumont)
Coastal Plain
CH
London
99.8
25
80
55
2.0
Loess
Silty
ML
Nebraska-
76.8
9
30
8
0.6
32
Natural
w
%
Kansas
Silty
ML
Nebraska
76.8
(35)
30
8
0
23
Prewetted
Kansas
Clayey
CL
Nebraska-
78.0
9
37
17
2.0
30
Natural
w
%
Kansas
Glacial Soils
Till
CL
Chicago
132.3
23
37
21
3.5
Lacustrine
CL
Chicago
105.5
22
30
15
1.0
e
s
0.6 (OC)
(varved)
Lacustrine
CL
Chicago
24
30
13
01
e
s
1.2 (NC)
(varved)
Lacustrine
CH
Chicago
73.6
50
54
30
0.1
(varved)
Lacustrine
CH
Ohio
60.0
46
58
31
0.6
S
t
4
(varved)
Lacustrine)
CH
Detroit
74.9
46
55
30
08
e
s
13 (clay)
(varved)
Lacustrine
CH
New York
46
62
34
1.0
e
s
1.25
(varved)
City
(clay)
Lacustrine
CL
Boston
84.2
38
50
26
0.8
S
t
3
(varved)
Lacustrine
CH
Seattle
30
55
22
30
φ
r
13°
(varved)
Marine
b
CH
Canada-
55.5
80
60
32
0.5
S
t
128
Leda clay
Marine
b
CL
Norway
83.6
40
38
15
0.13
S
t
7
Marine
b
CL
Norway
80.5
43
28
15
0.05
S
t
75
