AN EXAMPLE: LATERAL PILE LOADING
309
EASTERN GULF COAST
OFFSHORE LOUISIANA
= 80
o
c
■5
Ê 120
£
J3
ju
§ 160
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o
c
£ 200
mudline: EL-91'
very soft-to-stlff
gray clay
very aoft to 17'
brown, 6' to 11'
sllt pockets,
9' - 23'
organlc natter at
16'
soft, 17' to 50'
sllt seams, 18'
- 45'
Jilt pockets,
30' - 38'
Shell fragments,
33' - 36'
sllty clay, clay
seans, 45' - 55'
fins, 50' - 95'
with sllt seams,
65' - 87'
flocculated below
85'
with gas, 95'-107'
with shell fragments at 95'
stiff below 95'
with sand layers,
127' to 180'
sllty clay below
180'
r—207'
Gray fine sand
240
280
sllty at 216' &
246'
u-4
with clay pockets
& shell fragments
at 265'
fine to medium sand,
slightly sllty
below 275'
(—305.5'
30/ 4*
jo/r
M/r
M/T
30/4*Number of blows of a 175 1b weight
dropped approximately 5 ft, required to
produce (except as noted) a 24 in.
pénétration of a 2-1/8 in. 1D saæpler.
(Sampler OD = 2.5 in. to 23 ft pénétration
and 2.25 in below 23 ft pénétration.)
Completed at 305.5 ft pénétration
(EL at 396.5 ft)_
Legend for Shear Strength Plot
unconfined compression
miniature vane
A unconsoliated-undrained triaxial
■ consolidated-undrained triaxial
Figure 11.14 Soil profile with properties for the example probl* ! i