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      <title>ESTIMATION OF SOIL PROPERTIES FROM PENETRATION DATA AND SOIL CLASSIFICATION</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Often the geotechnical engineer finds it necessary to estimate soil properties, even though such estimates are of less accuracy than desired.  In the literature, numerous correlations of soil properties have been made for this purpose.  Examination of these correlations shows little consistency among them.  Some are "best" estimates while others are conservative.  Seldom does one correlation correspond to another.  This study interrelates various correlations to arrive at a consistent set of functions based on soil penetration tests (standard penetration or quasistatic cone) and the Unified Soil Classification System.  Not only are the resulting relationships useful, but also guides are established which can help make local estimates of properties more successful.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 1984 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A GENERALIZED INVESTIGATION OF POTENTIALLY POOR SOIL SUPPORT BY REGIONAL GEOMORPHIC UNITS WITHIN THE CONTERMINOUS 48 STATES</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[FOR EACH OF 97 PHYSIOGRAPHIC SECTIONS, AN ESTIMATE WAS MADE OF (A) THE FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE OF ORGANIC DEPOSITS AND (B) THE COMBINED FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE-SEVERITY RATING OF CLAYEY DEPOSITS. IN ORDER TO ASSESS THE REGIONAL CHARACTER OF THE POOR SUPPORT PROBLEM, A NATIONAL SOIL TEXTURAL MAP WAS DEVELOPED. FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE RATINGS FOR ORGANIC DEPOSITS WERE DETERMINED DIRECTLY FROM THIS MAP FOR EACH SECTION. FOR CLAYEY DEPOSITS, A SEVERITY SCALE, BASED ON A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SOIL TEXTURE AND THE UNIFIED SOIL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, WAS COMBINED WITH THE FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE RATINGS OF CLAYEY DEPOSITS OBTAINED FROM THE NATIONAL SOILS MAP. THE STUDY INDICATED THE LIMITED REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF ORGANIC TERRAIN IN THE 48 STATES. THIS DISTRIBUTION IS CONCENTRATED IN YOUTHFUL (GEOMORPHIC) GLACIAL AND COASTAL TERRAIN DUE TO THE RATHER POORLY INTEGRATED DRAINAGE SYSTEM OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH THESE REGIONAL GEOMORPHIC AREAS. ALTHOUGH CLAYEY DEPOSITS OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE 48 STATES, MOST ARE FOUND EAST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS BECAUSE THE CLIMATIC, TOPOGRAPHIC, AND PARENT MATERIAL FACTORS ARE GENERALLY MORE FAVORABLE THERE. /AUTHOR/]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 May 1972 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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