Particle size scales and classification of sediment types based on particle size distributions: Review and recommended procedures

Sedimentology

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2071-2096

  Blott, Simon J ^a   Pye, Kenneth ^a  

^a Crowthorne Enterprise Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Clay; Gravel; Mud; Particle; Sand; Silt; Size

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION SCHEME; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; DISCRIMINATORY POWER; FIRST-ORDER; FORENSIC INVESTIGATION; GRAPHICAL COMPARISON; MICROSOFT EXCEL; MUD; PARTICULATE MATERIALS; SECOND ORDERS; SIZE; SIZE CLASS; SOIL SCIENCE; TERNARY DIAGRAMS;

AGRICULTURE; CIVIL ENGINEERING; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CLAY; GRAVEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SILT; TERMINOLOGY;

SAND;

CLASSIFICATION; CLAY; GRAVEL; MUD; NOMENCLATURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SAND; SILT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TERMINOLOGY; TEXTURE;

EID: 84870240165     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2012.01335.x     Document Type: Article

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