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    Fat vs Lean Clay

    Thanks for your feedback, brownbag and TAC. That is the kind of information I was looking for.
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    Fat vs Lean Clay

    How do I recognize a fat clay vs a lean clay in the field (while logging the boreholes) without doing any LL tests on it? Also, any tips to distinguish clay from silt?
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    Reasonable CPT values

    Thanks for the tips Coneboy. Let me know when you have the typical values of tip resistance and sleeve friction in sandy material.
  4. pdsb5uc

    Reasonable CPT values

    What will be reasonable CPT values for sandy clay? Tip resistance and Sleeve friction?
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    Drilling and CPT

    Thanks a lot for the info coneboy. That was helpful pds5uc
  6. pdsb5uc

    Drilling and CPT

    I am a fresh-out-of-college geotechnical engineer and I'll be going on my first drilling and CPT job soon. I'll appreciate any in-the-field tips about drilling and CPT. From some previous borings we are expecting compacted fill overlying SF young bay-mud. Any tips about procedures/split spoon...

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