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COARSE- <br />GfiAINED <br />uOILS <br />MORE TNAN 50% <br />RETAINED ON TH <br />N0.2W SIEVE <br />FINE- <br />GRAINED <br />SOILS <br />MORE T}1AN 50°.6 <br />PASSING ON THE <br />NO. 200 SIEVE <br />UNIFIED SOIL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM <br />MAJOk DIVISIONS GROUP GROUP NAME <br />CeTt7�P1� <br />MORE TTiAN 50% OF <br />COARSE FRACTION <br />RETAINED ON NO. 1 SIEVE <br />SAND <br />MORE TNAN 50%OF <br />COARSE FRACTION <br />PASSING NO. 1 SIEVE <br />SILT AND CLAY <br />LIQUID LIMIT <br />LESS TH�1N 50% <br />SILTY AND CLAY <br />LIQUID LIMIT <br />50°(. OR MORE <br />CLEAN <br />GRAVEL <br />GRAVEL WITH <br />FINES <br />CLEAN <br />SAND <br />SAND WITH <br />FINES <br />HIGHLY ORGANIC SOILS <br />INORGANIC <br />ORGANIC <br />INORGANIC <br />��1C���►� <br />GW <br />GP <br />GM <br />GC <br />S1A� <br />SP <br />SM <br />SC <br />ML <br />CL <br />OL <br />MH <br />CH <br />OH <br />PT <br />WFLL-GFtADED GRAVEL, FINE TO COARSE GRAVEL <br />POORLY-GRADED GPAVEL <br />SILTV GRAVEL <br />CVIYEY GRAVEL <br />WELL1iRADED SAND, FINE TO COARSE SAND <br />POORLY�GRO..?ED SAND <br />SILTY SAND <br />CUIYEY SAND <br />SILT <br />CIAY <br />ORGANIC SILT, ORGANIC CLAY <br />SILT OF HIGH PLASTICITI', ELASTIC SI:T <br />CLAY OF HIGH PUISTICITY, FAT CIAY <br />ORGANIC SIIT, ORGlW IC SILT <br />PEAT AND OTHER HIGHLY ORGANIC SOILS <br />NOTES: SOIL MOISTURE MODIFIERS: <br />t. FICLD CIASSIFICATION IS tiNS[0 ON VISUAL EXAMINATION DRY - ADSENCC• OF MOISTURE, DUSTY, DRY TO <br />OF SOIL IN GENEML ACCORDANCE WlTfi ASTM 02488-83. Tr1E TOUCM <br />2. SOIL CIASSIFICATION USING LAOORATORY TEST� IS E3ASED SLIGM iY MOIST - TRAGc MOISTUR<, NOT DUSTY <br />ON ASTM D24B7�83. MOIST - DM!�. BI �? ;:0 `: !SICLE WATER <br />�. DESCRIPTIONS OF SOIL DENSITY OH CONSIST�=.NCY ME VERY MOIST � VERY DAMP, MOISTURE FELT TO THE T^UCH <br />l3ASED ON INTERPRETATION OF OLOW-COUNT D,�TA, VISUAL WET - y�S18LE FREE WATER OR SATURATED, <br />APPGRANCE OF SOILS, AND/OR TEST DATA. USUALLY SOIL IS OOTAINED FROM BELOW <br />WATER TABLE <br />LIU & ASSOCIATES, INC. UNIFIED SOIL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM <br />-__ _ . -_ _----- - <br />Ge.rolechnical Engineering � Enginaering Gaology � Earth Stlente <br />. . . _ _ . . --- .. . . _.. -.--... ._ . _- -- <br />PLATE 3 <br />�1 <br />