Department of Earth Science  /  Northeastern Illinois University

INTRODUCTION TO GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
ESCI 340
Spring 2010

Daily Objectives #14 (February 25, 2010)                                                                                                                     Dr. Laura Sanders

By the end of today's class, you should be able to do the following:

w  Review:  Classify a soil using the USDA soil classification triangle.  (Also see this link for a nifty plotting app from the NRCS.)

w  Classify a soil using the Unified Soil Classification System (USCS).

w I snapped this photo of the pump as I filled my gas tank yesterday.  What in this picture did we study earlier this week?

w Answer questions 5.1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, and 13 on p. 155-156 of the textbook.

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