CONTENTS 



Page 



INTRODUCTION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1 



CORE COLLECTION 3 



SEDIMENT CLASSIFICATION 9 



MASS PROPERTIES 



A. Introduction 14 



B . Grain Size 



Procedure ..... ............ 14 



Results 15 



Discussion ......................... 18 



C . Specific Gravity of Solids 



Procedure ...... i ... i . ............ . 18 



Results .......................... . 18 



Discussion ........... t ............. • 20 



D. Wet Unit Weight 



Procedure .... ........ '....... '..•». . 20 



Results ......'................. . . • « 20 



Discussion ....................... • 22 



E . Water Content 



Introduction ........................ 22 



Results ........................... 25 



Discussion ................ « .....«• . 25 



F . Plasticity and the Atterberg Limits 



Determination of Limits ................... 31 



Results ........................... 32 



Discussion ......................... 33 



