“…However, its initial water content is usually not the same as that of the clay matrix in sand-clay mixtures. It is well recognized that the compression behavior of remolded clays is affected by the initial water content (e.g., Cerato and Lutenegger, 2004;Hong et al, 2010;Shi and Herle, 2015;Zeng et al, 2015;Zeng et al, 2016;Tsuchida, 2017). Hence, the void ratio of the clay matrix in a mixture (with the same sand fraction but different initial water content of the clay matrix) should be different at a given stress level, which would affect the overall hydraulic conductivity.…”