run Atterberg limits. Replicate the LL on an oven-dried sample. Gauge if the LL was reduced by more than 25% (i.e., <75% of its original value). May be an OL or an OH? Data may be real.
These soils are highly prone to long term secondary compression - i.e., decades and decades!
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