ABSTRACT
The names used to describe the soils are empirical and the actual physical properties dictating the nature of each soil are presented in this section.
Samples from all soils were disturbed samples from excavation materials or relatively low quality borehole cores, except for the samples of Corinth Marl which were carefully cut and preserved samples removed from the toe of the north slope of the Corinth Canal. For this reason, the soil-water characteristic curve of undisturbed samples was measured only for Corinth Marl, while for the others it was measured on specimens reconstituted, then reconsolidated to the estimated in-situ vertical stress and unloaded. This took place for Corinth Marl as well for comparison with the SWCC of the other soils and the SWCC measured on the undisturbed specimens of this material.
