Rôle of Mineralic Constituents in Mechanical Properties of the Estuarine Sediments Along the Hiroshima Bay

The present research has been commenced in order to find out the relation of mineralogy to soil mechanics, since in spite of numerous works concerning the prevailing manipulations provided mostly for practical use there have hitherto been only a few dealt with and worthy mentioning from the standpoint of pure science.
The main objectives in the present case have been restricted to scrutiny of variation in Atterberg limit of some representative clay minerals comprised commonly in the estuarine sediments in relation to their absorbability ascribed not only to the simply superficial characteristics but also far more to the diagnoses derived essentially from their own inner structures, whereas of course some other factors were at the same time inspected to more or less extent.
It has thus become clear that mineral species, even if the grain-size distribution or others were taken into account, played the important rôles in mechanical properties of the soily matters in conjunction with the surrounding media.