Symbol Chart
| Major divisions | Group symbol | Group name | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coarse grained soils more than 50% retained on No.200 (0.075 mm) sieve |
gravel > 50% of coarse fraction retained on No. 4 (4.75 mm) sieve |
clean gravel <5% smaller than #200 Sieve | GW | well-graded gravel, fine to coarse gravel |
| GP | poorly graded gravel | |||
| gravel with >12% fines | GM | silty gravel | ||
| GC | clayey gravel | |||
| sand ≥ 50% of coarse fraction passes No.4 sieve |
clean sand | SW | well-graded sand, fine to coarse sand | |
| SP | poorly graded sand | |||
| sand with >12% fines | SM | silty sand | ||
| SC | clayey sand | |||
| Fine grained soils more than 50% passes No.200 sieve |
silt and clay liquid limit < 50 |
inorganic | ML | silt |
| CL | clay | |||
| organic | OL | organic silt, organic clay | ||
| silt and clay liquid limit ≥ 50 |
inorganic | MH | silt of high plasticity, elastic silt | |
| CH | clay of high plasticity, fat clay | |||
| organic | OH | organic clay, organic silt | ||
| Highly organic soils | Pt | peat | ||
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