A New Method for Reducing Collapsibility of Loess Foundation with Thicker Deposit: The Borehole Preimmersion Method

Table 3

Average differences in moisture content.

Exploratory point	Moisture content range (%)	Moisture content increment
		Depth (m)	(%)	(%)	(%)
	28∼34	≤7	15.723	−0.503	−11.061
		>7	14.975	0.078	−5.441
	15∼32	≤7	2.380	−18.377	−24.404
		>7	13.987	−0.909	−6.428
	14∼21	≤7	2.223	−18.534	−24.5561
		>7	2.387	−12.509	−18.028

is the average value of the difference in the site’s original moisture content; is the average value of the difference between the calculated values with a saturation of 85%; is the average value of the difference between the calculated values with a saturation of 100%.