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Grain Size Distribution Curves for Five Sand Boils in Tambo de Mora

 

Sand Boil Specimen

USCS

% Fines

LL

PL

PI

Benavides Ave (LMS-507)

SP

2.9

NP

NP

NP

Main Square (LMS-550)

SP

2.7

NP

NP

NP

Sol y Mar Factory (LMS-509)

SM

12.9

NP

NP

NP

Cell Tower (LMS-505)

SP-SM

5.3

NP

NP

NP

Inside House (LMS-542)

ML

93.7

48

32

16

 

These pictures shows the “sand” boil labeled as ‘Inside House’ in the grain size distribution plot and table above. The boil was found inside a house along Alfonso Ugarte Street in Tambo de Mora.

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