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NOTES
SGM 311
, Definition of an engineering soil
Soil is an uncemented (or weakly cemented)
accumulation of mineral particles formed by the
weathering of rocks, the void space between the
particles, containing water and/or air.
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* Weak cementation due carbonates et oxides
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Figure 1.1. The rock cycle
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, Scale
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Figure 1.6. Single grain structure
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Figure 1.1. Clay (kaolin).
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