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Organic content on fill for reinforced soil walls

Thread starter MSEdesigns
Start date Mar 5, 2005

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Mar 5, 2005

MSEdesigns

Civil/Environmental

Can someone explain why AASHTO describes a maximum of 1% organic content as part of soil aggresiveness on soils to be used as reinforced backfill for extensible reinforcement, but when describing the soil aggresiveness for inextensible reinforcement, it does not mention the organic content at all?