Application of the QDa-Md method of environmental discrimination to particle size analyses of fine sediments by pipette and SediGraph methods: a comparative study

TY - JOUR

T1 - Application of the QDa-Md method of environmental discrimination to particle size analyses of fine sediments by pipette and SediGraph methods

T2 - a comparative study

AU - Duck, R. W.

PY - 1994

Y1 - 1994

N2 - The results of particle size analyses by the low-technology pipette method and by the modern SediGraph, of a suite of fine lacustrine bottom sediment samples, are compared. Good correlations between the two data sets are observed, although the SediGraph consistently indicates finer grain sizes and better sorting of distributions. The QDa-Md method of environmental discrimination, originally established on the basis of traditional methods of size analysis, is found to be sufficiently versatile to accommodate the SediGraph data into the appropriate trend envelopes, despite the considerable differences in derived grain size parameters.

AB - The results of particle size analyses by the low-technology pipette method and by the modern SediGraph, of a suite of fine lacustrine bottom sediment samples, are compared. Good correlations between the two data sets are observed, although the SediGraph consistently indicates finer grain sizes and better sorting of distributions. The QDa-Md method of environmental discrimination, originally established on the basis of traditional methods of size analysis, is found to be sufficiently versatile to accommodate the SediGraph data into the appropriate trend envelopes, despite the considerable differences in derived grain size parameters.

U2 - 10.1002/esp.3290190605

DO - 10.1002/esp.3290190605

M3 - Article

SN - 1096-9837

VL - 19

SP - 525

EP - 529

JO - Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

JF - Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

IS - 6

ER -