IS 5510 : 1969 Guide for soil surveys for river valley projects

1 Scope

1.1 This standard lays down the guidelines for carrying out soilsurveys for river valley projects.

2 References

IS 2 :1960Rules for rounding off numerical values

IS 265 :1962Specification for hydrochloric acid

IS 2132 :1963Code of Practice for thin-walled tube samplingof soils

IS 2720 : Part XXVI :1967 Methods of test for soils:Part XXVI Determination of pH value

IS 2720 : Part XXIII :1966 Methods of test for soils:Part XXIII Determination of calcium carbonate

IS 2720 : Part IV :1965 Methods of test forsoils:Part IV Grain size analysis

IS 2809 :1964Glossary of terms and symbols relating to soilmechanics