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Figure 3.24
Specific gravity vs. loss on ignition (
after
Al-Raziqi
et al
., 2003).
Figure 3.25
Specific gravity vs. organic content (
after
Kazemian
et al
., 2009).
Figure 3.25 shows another plot of specific gravity (
G
s
) versus organic content (OC)
for Malaysian peat, Dutch soils and tropical soils.
Skempton and Petley (1970) proposed the following relationship for the above
two parameters.
1
G
s
=
1
−
1
.
04(1
−
N
)
1
.
04(1
−
N
)
+
(3.15)
1
.
4
2
.
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