Sentence examples for consistency of soil from inspiring English sources

To ensure the consistency of soil interpretations collected in the field, more detailed standards were developed (Parsons et al. [2010]).

High evaporation will cause quick drying out of pools, whereas a lower consistency of soil texture and dry soil will lead to faster infiltration.

The layering indicated by relative density value analysis is based on consistencies of soil layers, which are: very loose, loose, medium, dense, very dense consistencies.

Additionally, as a new parameter, the consistency of the soil under the buildings was considered.

The S u computed according to Eq. (9) varied between 30.3 and 460 kPa in the clay soils tested with an overall average value of 129 kPa, thus the consistency of most soils could be described as firm to very stiff with few soft and hard samples.

From the study area: consistency of plain clayey soil and clayey soil with 4 % SDA content is very stiff whereas clayey soil with 8 and 12 % SDA is stiff.

According to Das [17], consistency of a clayey soil can be determined as follows: 0 25 KN/m2 indicates very soft, 25 50 KN/m2 is soft, 50 100 KN/m2 is medium soft, 100 200 KN/m2 is stiff, 200 400 KN/m2 is very stiff and greater than 400 KN/m2 indicates hard clay.

These values are presented in Fig. 2 for sample set 1 and Fig. 3 for sample set 2. The closeness of the horizontal deformation values for the respective load for the tests is an indication of the similar consistency of the undisturbed soil samples utilized in the experiment, hence reliable values are expected.

Tree species effects on soil carbon (C) accumulation are uncertain, especially with respect to the mineral soil C, and the consistency of such effects across soil types is not known.

Liquid limit (LL) is defined as a limiting water content separating the viscous liquid state and plastic state of soil consistency.

The consistency of most clay soils could be described as firm to very stiff with few soft and hard samples.