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Official Journal of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS)

Table 1 Results of a standard penetration test at Roorkee City (Muzammil 2013)

From: Estimation of bedrock depth for a part of Garhwal Himalayas using two different geophysical techniques

Depth (m)

N

Dry density (gm/cc)

Corrected N for over burden pressure

Soil type

.75

11

1.53

19.01

SP

1.5

8

1.52

7.41

SP

3.0

7

1.52

6.09

CL

4.5

11

1.59

8.99

CL

6.0

5

1.60

3.87

CL

7.5

17

1.63

12.47

SP

9.0

11

1.63

7.69

SP

  1. SP poorly graded sand, CL lean clay or clay of low plasticity