Typical Values of Cα/Cc (after Carter and Bentley 1991)

Cα/Cc
Soil
Lower Limit Upper Limit Average
Organic silts 0.035 0.06 0.0475
Amorphous and fibrous
0.035 0.085 0.06
peat
Canadian muskeg 0.09 0.1 0.095
Leda clay (Canada) 0.03 0.06 0.045
Post-glacial Swedish clay 0.05 0.07 0.06
Soft blue clay (Victoria,
0.026 0.026 0.026
B.C.)
Organic clays and silts 0.04 0.06 0.05
Sensitive clay, Portland,
0.025 0.055 0.04
ME
San Francisco Bay Mud 0.04 0.06 0.05
New Liskeard (Canada)
0.03 0.06 0.045
varved clay
Mexico City clay 0.03 0.035 0.0325
Hudson River silt 0.03 0.06 0.045
New Haven organic clay
0.04 0.075 0.0575
silt
Carter, M and Bentley, S. P., Correlations of Soil Properties, Pentech Press, London, 1991.