Natural Moisture-content, Porosity and Compaction of Clayey Deposits

Abstract

IT seems desirable that attention should be directed to the very discordant figures for porosity (or void-ratio) of clayey sediments that are yielded by the two different methods of determination that may be adopted, namely, by direct measurement or by calculation from the natural moisture-content. I cannot but think that the discrepancies must have been commented on during the past two decades as knowledge of natural moisture-contents steadily grew ; but my inquiries have failed to produce any reference to a published discussion of their implications.