Journal Published Online: 01 March 1986
Volume 9, Issue 1

The Application of Multivariate Statistics and Saturation Extract Data to Identify Dispersive Clay Soils

CODEN: GTJODJ

Abstract

Soils from a geotechnical project in Oklahoma may be classified as dispersive or nondispersive with a high degree of confidence by substituting selected pore-water data (weight percent H2O at saturation, saturation extract pH, log base 10 of the pore-water conductivity, and log base 10 of the pore-water sodium concentration) into derived discriminant classification functions. The discriminant functions were derived using discriminant analysis, a multivariate statistical classification technique, performed on a 28-sample data set. This statistical procedure was utilized after problems were noted with the currently accepted porewater chemical test for dispersion, suggested by Sherard et al. Suggestions for using the derived discriminant function as the basis of a simple chemical field test and precautions regarding data interpretation are presented.

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Craft, D
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO
Pages: 4
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Stock #: GTJ10609J
ISSN: 0149-6115
DOI: 10.1520/GTJ10609J