• contains during soil compaction. His original test is most commonly referred to as the standard Proctor compaction test; his test was later updated to...
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    from between the soil grains, then consolidation, not compaction, has occurred. Normally, compaction is the result of heavy machinery compressing the soil...
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    easily identified using X-ray diffraction rather than chemical or physical tests. Varve (or varved clay) is clay with visible annual layers that are formed...
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    include various soil compaction techniques such as vibro compaction (compaction of the soil by depth vibrators), dynamic compaction, and vibro stone columns...
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    or be induced by human activities, such as mining, fracking, and nuclear tests. The initial point of rupture is called the hypocenter or focus, while the...
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    A sieve analysis (or gradation test) is a practice or procedure used in geology, civil engineering, and chemical engineering to assess the particle size...
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    monitoring wells or piezometers. Samples collected from boreholes are often tested in a laboratory to determine their physical properties, or to assess levels...
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  • Laboratory tests using soil samples subjected to hydraulic experiments Field tests (on site, in situ) that are differentiated into: small-scale field tests, using...
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  • stability, and a narrow stem with graduations for measuring. The liquid to test is poured into a tall container, often a graduated cylinder, and the hydrometer...
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  • {\displaystyle \phi _{0}} is the surface porosity, k {\displaystyle k} is the compaction coefficient (m−1) and z {\displaystyle z} is depth (m). A value for porosity...
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  • characteristics Multiphase fluid flow in porous media Florida Method of Test For Concrete Resistivity as an Electrical Indicator of its Permeability Archived...
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    the vadose zone to be deposited in pore space. ASTM American Standard of Testing Materials: 200 sieve – 0.005 mm. USDA United States Department of Agriculture...
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     631. ISBN 0136427103. "ISO 14688-1:2002 – Geotechnical investigation and testing – Identification and classification of soil – Part 1: Identification and...
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    named the Netherlands was largely covered with peat. Drainage, causing compaction and oxidation and excavation have reduced peatlands (>40 cm (16 in) peat)...
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  • are often determined using some combination of field tests (e.g., aquifer tests) and laboratory tests on aquifer material samples. Recently, these properties...
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    controls failure and runout of loose granular deposits: Evidence from flume tests and implications for post-seismic slope healing". Geophysical Research Letters...
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    also commonly used. From the Annual Book of ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) Standards, the total evaporable moisture content in Aggregate...
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    construction of a new test well, it is considered best practice to invest in a complete battery of chemical and biological tests on the well water in question...
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