Principles, Methods and Application of Particle Size Analysis

by Edited by James P. M. Syvitski

• ISBN13: 9780521044615
• ISBN10: 0521044618
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-11-05
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Much of the worlds surface, even under the oceans, is covered in thick deposits of sedimentary particles - gravel, sand, silt and clay. The nature of the deposits and their formation is very much dependent on the distribution of particles of different sizes. However, different instruments measure different attributes of a particles size, based on how fast a particle settles in water, or the surface area of a particle, or its length. This book provides information on the how and why of particle size analysis in terms of understanding these sediment deposits.

Table of Contents

List of contributors

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Principles and methods of geological particle size analysis

The effect of grain shape and density on size measurement

The effect of pretreatment on size analysis

Theory and Methods

Principles, design and calibration of settling tubes

Methodology of sieving small samples and calibration of sieve set

Image analysis method of grain size measurement

Quantitative grain form analysis

Electroresistance particle size analyzers

Laser diffraction size analysis

SediGraph technique

Size, shape, composition and structure of microparticles from light scattering

Textural maturity of arenaceous rocks derived by microscopic grain size analysis in thin section

Interlaboratory, interinstrument calibration experiment

In Situ Methods

In situ size measurements of suspended particles in estuarine and coastal waters using laser diffraction

The Floc Camera Assembly

Data Interpretation and Manipulation

Suite statistics: the hydrodynamic evolution of the sediment pool

The hyperbolic distribution

Factor analysis of size frequency distributions: significance of factor solutions based on simulation experiments

Experimental-theoretical approach to interpretation of grain size frequency distributions

Applications

Application of suite statistics to stratigraphy and sea-level changes

Application of size sequence data to glacial-paraglacial sediment transport and sediment partitioning

The use of grain size information in marine geochemistry

Grain size in oceanography

The need for grain size analyses in marine geotechnical studies

Index

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