Abstract
In the present note, a procedure to determine the correct water content of a very soft clay which contains salt in its liquid phase is proposed taking account of the salinity; such a modified procedure is required in landfilling works by use of dredged sea sediments. It is at first shown that the water content is correctly determined by employing a new quantity expressing the salinity in addition to the currently obtained water content. It is further shown that the error introduced owing to the salinity increases as salinity and/or water content increases, and the relative error reaches to 25%, for example, when the water content is 500%. A procedure of preparing soil-water mixtures with predetermined water content in finally presented.
