Table 1   Soil Classification 

 

Soil category

Description

I

- All kinds of rock (excluding weathered rocks)
- Compact gravel
- Marl (not weathered)

II

- Weathered rocks and marls
- Gravel sands, coarse and medium grained sands compact and semi compact
- Fine grained sand-compact
- Clayey sand and sandy clay-stiff, semi-stiff and
 stiff –plastic
- Stiff plastic clay

III

- Fine grained sand- semi compact
- Dusty sand compact and semi compact
- Clayey sand and sandy clay fro medium stiff to soft plastic
- Clay from medium stiff to soft plastic