USGS: Science Topics: grain-size analysis

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Grain-size analysis

Method of studying soils, sediments, sands, or rock by determining the size, distribution, and proportion of selected particles.

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Grain size analyzer technique [More info]: Description of the technique used in particle-size analysis
Summary of Bed-Sediment Measurements Along the Platte River, Nebraska, 1931-2009 [More info]: Studies of the size of bed sediment along the length of a river through time show how the river channel will be affected by development or management efforts.
USGS East-coast sediment analysis: analysis, procedures, database and georeferenced displays [More info]: Grain-size analysis of marine sediments of the U.S. eastern coast with sampling and lab methods, surficial sediment database in three formats (Excel, Dbase IV, ASCII), and use of geographic mapping tools for visualizing sediment data layers.

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