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Supporting Documentation · Sep 11, 2024

Geotech Report 04 04 2024

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II. Definition of Component Proportions COMPONENT WRITTEN PROPORTIONS SYMBOL PERCENTAGE RANGE BY WEIGHT* Principal CAPITALS — 50 or more Minor Lower Case and a. 35 to 50 some little trace Se 20 to 35 1. 10 to 20 te 1 to 10 *Minus sign (-) III. Glossary of Modifying Abbreviations ower limit, plus sign (+) upper limit, no sign middle range. CATEGORY SYMBOL TERM SYMBOL TERM SYMBOL TERM A. Borings U/D Undisturbed B Exploratory A Auger B. Samples Cc Casing L Lost U Undisturbed D Denison Ss Spoon WwW Wash O.E. Open End Cc. Colors bk black gn green wh white bl blue or orange yw yellow br brown rd red dk dark gr gray tn tan it light D. Organic dec decayed ° organic veg Vegetation Soils dec'g decaying rts roots pt peat lig lignite ts topsoil E. Rocks LS Limestone rk rock Shst Schist Gns Gneiss ss Sandstone Sh Shale F. Fill and bldr(s) boulder (s) cbl (s) cobble (s) gls glass Misc. brk(s) brick(s) wd wood misc miscellaneo Material cndr(s) cinder (s) dbr debris rbl us rubble G. Misc. do ditto pp pocket ref refusal Terms el, El elevation penetrometer sm small fgmt (s) fragment (s) PI. Plasticity W.L. water level frqt frequent Index W.H. weight of lrg large P pushed W.R. hammer mtld mottled pressed weight of no rec no recovery pe(s) piece(s) rods pen penetration rec or R recovered H. Stratified alt alternating Soils thk thick thn thin w with prt parting - ) to 1/16" thickness seam seam - 1/16 to 1/2" thickness lyr layer - 1/2 to 12" thickness stra stratum - greater than 12" thickness vvd c varved Clay | - alternating seams or layers of sand, silt and clay pkt pocket - small, erratic deposit, usually less than 1 foot Ins lens - lenticular deposit occ occasional - one or less per foot of thickness freq frequent - more than one per foot of thickness

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