Mechanical Properties of Soft Rocks Subjected to Water-Rock Reaction and Cyclic Pressure

Table 1

Average physical parameters of soft rocks.

Soft rock	Water content (ω)	Natural density (ρ0)	Saturation density (ρw)	Specific gravity (Gs)	Statistical quantity
	(%)	(g/cm^3)	(g/cm^3)
Muddy siltstone	3.82	2.50	2.51	2.74	11
Silty mudstone	5.91	2.48	2.47	2.74	10