Influence of Organic Matter Content on Engineering Properties of Clays

Table 4

Some research results on the relationship between organic matter content and liquid limit () and plastic limit ().

Data sources	OC (%)	(%)	R^2	(%)	R^2
Odell et al. [11]	0%∼6%	= 4.937 (OC)+36.01	—	= 3.736 (OC)+19.25	—
Booth and Dahl [17]	0%∼4%	= 11.31 (OC)+80.04	0.94	= 4.157 (OC)+41.05	0.92
Adejumo [39]	0%∼25%	= 1.024 (OC)+42	0.98	= 0.521 (OC)+25.1	0.97
Hamouche and Zentar [40]	0%∼15%	= 1.89 (OC)+25.13	0.99	= 1.80 (OC)+16.7	0.95
	5%∼15%	= 3.08 (OC)+15.61	0.96	= 3.00 (OC)+4.32	0.96