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Groundwater Investigation and Associated Source Characterization
Table 7.3-1 - Description of Clays at SWMU B-3*
Label | Description |
a | Dark yellow-brown gravelly clay, hard, exhibiting low plasticity, caliche nodules often present, occasional limestone fragments. |
b | Yellow - very pale brown silty gravelly clay, low plasticity, gravel is prevalent, numerous small salient nodules, limestone fragments common. |
c | Dark red-brown medium-coarse gravelly clay, gravel intermixed with brown-yellow silty clay, occasional caliche nodules and limestone fragments, clay plastic and firm. |
d | Brown-yellow silty clay, low plasticity, firm, occasional caliche nodules, occasional limestone fragments. |
e | Yellow powdery clay, dry, common limestone fragments. |
f | Brown-yellow silty clay, soft, moderately to highly plastic. |
* Clays grouped by character. Groupings are by properties only and do not indicate similar source areas. |