The Australian National Groundwater Data Transfer Standard

Moisture Content

Domain for moisture content DESCRIPTION of RESULT entity              
References              
AS 1726-1993 1993, Geotechnical site investigations. Standard Australia              
Qualifier 1: minimum percent saturation            
Qualifier 2: maximum percent saturation            
Note:              
Attribute Code Parent Category Synonyms Description Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2
moisture_content DRY   dry   0% saturation, completely dry 0  
moisture_content HUM   humid   1-25% saturation, feels dry, grains run freely in hands 1 25
moisture_content DMP   damp   25-50% saturation, slight darkening of colour, grains have slight tendency to adhere to one another 25 50
moisture_content MST   moist   50-75% saturation, feels cool, darker colour, grains tend to adhere to one another 50 75
moisture_content WET   wet   75-99% saturation, feels cold, makes hands wet 75 99
moisture_content SAT   saturated   100% saturation, below watertable 100 100
moisture_content UNK   unknown   moisture content is unknown    

 

 

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