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Table 7 Liquidity limit and swelling potential (Dakshanamurthy and Raman 1973)

From: Effect of climate change on earthworks of infrastructure: statistical evaluation of the cause of dike pavement cracks

Liquidity limit (wL)

Swelling potential

Percentage of samples [%]

20–35

Low

1.8

35–50

Medium

13.2

50–70

High

59.6

 > 70

Very high

25.4