The Unified Soil Classification System. Appendix A. Characteristics of Soil Groups Pertaining to Embankments and Foundations. Appendix B. Characteristics of Soil Groups Pertaining to Roads and Airfields

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Abstract:

The purpose of this manual is to describe and explain the use of the Unified Soil Classification System in order that identification of soil types will be on a common basis throughout the agencies using this system.

Author(s):
No Author(s) Identified
Author Organization(s):
ARMY ENGINEER WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION VICKSBURG MS
Supplementary Note:
Reprint of report dated April 1960.
Pagination:
0076

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
WES-TM-3-357
Monitor Series:
AEWES
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_4.6.1_General Engineering; JCA_8.1_Communicate; JCA_8_Building Partnerships; JCA_8.1.3_Influence Adversary and Competitor Audiences; JCA_8.1.1_Inform Domestic and Foreign Audiences; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_1.2.7_Experimentation; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_4.5.4_Requirements Definition; JCA_4.5_Operational Contract Support
Communities of Interest:
Counter WMD
Descriptor(s):
*LANDING FIELDS, *ROADS, *FOUNDATIONS(STRUCTURES), *SOIL CLASSIFICATION, *EMBANKMENTS, SOIL MECHANICS, SOILS, CONSTRUCTION
Field(s)/Group(s):
Soil Mechanics, Civil Engineering
Report Date:
1967 May 01