Engineering and physico-chemical properties of soils of deltaic region of West Bengal. Part-1 [Physical (index and engineering) properties]

Department of Chemistry, Kalyani University, Kalyani-741 235, West Bengal, India E-mail : sujitclahiri@yahoo.com Kalyani Government Engineering College, Kalyani-741 235, West Bengal, India Soil Mechanics Section, River Research Institute, West Bengal, P.O. HRRI, West Bengal, India Manuscript received 21 June 2005, revised 19 January 2006, accepted 3 April 2007 Soil has multifarious uses and can be studied from various points of view like agronomy, construction, environmental purifier, pollution etc. The different physical (index and engineering) properties of soils like moisture content, dry density, porosity, void-ratio, cohesion, compressibility, Atterberg limits like liquid limit (LL), plastic limit (PL), plasticity etc. of soils of the deltaic region of West Bengal were studied. The values are important in understanding the physical properties of soils and sub-soils in the deltaic region and their suitability for engineering purposes