SAMPLE, DESCRIBE, AND MAP YAZOO CLAY
Record Type: DOT

The Yazoo Clay is notorious as a problem in Central Mississippi and in particular the Greater Jackson area. Its high-volume-change properties can have a devastating effect on roads, buildings, bridges, and embankments. The Yazoo Clay has never been studied systematically to determine what controls its properties and what is the distribution of these properties. All efforts have been local in nature and problem oriented. This study will seek to define the real limits and stratigraphic units of the Yazoo Clay deposit based on engineering properties. These units can them be mapped showing the distribution of these engineering properties. A map showing this distribution will serve as a basis for designing solutions for projects located in a given unit.
Start date: 2001/10/1
Status: Active
TRB Accession Number: 823366
Contract/Grant Number: State Study No. 151
Total Dollars: 99650
Source Organization: Mississippi Department of Transportation
Date Added: 07/10/2002
Index Terms: Soil samplers, Mapping, Clay soils, Embankments, Deposits (Geology), Research projects, Mississippi,

Mississippi Department of Transportation
http://www.mdot.state.ms.us/
P.O. Box 1850, 500 North West Street
Jackson, MS 39215-1850
USA

Federal Highway Administration
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20590
USA
Phone: (202) 366-4000

Battey, Randy L.
Phone: (601) 359-7650

Mississippi Department of Transportation
http://www.mdot.state.ms.us/
P.O. Box 1850, 500 North West Street
Jackson, MS 39215-1850
USA

Martin, Richard V.
Phone: (601) 359-1666