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Although this soil has only 6% nonplastic silty fines, it has everything else! It has gravel content of 78% fine to coarse subrounded to subangular gravel, and 16% fine to coarse subrounded to subangular sand. The maximum size of the subrounded boulders is 500 mm. The uniformity coefficient is 40, while the coefficient of curvature is only 0.8. (After U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1990.)

Although this soil has only 6% nonplastic silty fines, it has everything else! It has gravel content of 78% fine to coarse subrounded to subangular gravel, and 16% fine to coarse subrounded to subangular sand. The maximum size of the subrounded boulders is 500 mm. The uniformity coefficient is 40, while the coefficient of curvature is only 0.8. (After U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1990.)

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(e). Although thỉis soil has only 6% nonplastic silty fines, it has everythìng else! It has gravel content of 78% fine to coarse subrounded to subangular gravel, and 16% fine to coarse subrounded to subangular sand. The maximum size of the subrounded boulders is 500 mm. The uniformity coefficient is 40, while the coefficient of curvature is only 0.8. (After U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1990.)
Transcribed Image Text:(e). Although thỉis soil has only 6% nonplastic silty fines, it has everythìng else! It has gravel content of 78% fine to coarse subrounded to subangular gravel, and 16% fine to coarse subrounded to subangular sand. The maximum size of the subrounded boulders is 500 mm. The uniformity coefficient is 40, while the coefficient of curvature is only 0.8. (After U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1990.)
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