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Laser-diffraction and pipette-method grain sizing of Dutch sediments: correlations for fine fractions of marine, fluvial, and loess samples

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2016

P. Buurman ,
Th. Pape ,
J.A. Reijneveld ,
F. de Jong  and
E. van Gelder
P. Buurman*
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Soil Science and Geology, Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 37, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
Th. Pape
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Soil Science and Geology, Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 37, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
J.A. Reijneveld
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Soil Science and Geology, Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 37, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
F. de Jong
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Soil Science and Geology, Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 37, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
E. van Gelder
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Soil Science and Geology, Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 37, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
*
*corresponding author. e-mail: peter.buurman@bodeco.beng.wau.nl
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To evaluate correlations between silt and clay fractions determined by pipette method and laser diffraction, samples from Dutch fine marine, fluvial, and loess deposits were analysed by both methods. For fluvial deposits, correlations for fractions <2 and >50 μm were excellent (R2 > 0.95), those for 2–4, 4–8, 16–32 and 32–50 μm were satisfactory (R2 = 0.80 – 0.95), while that for the fraction 8–16 μm had an R2 of only 0.68. For marine deposits, correlations for <2 and >50 μm were in the same range, but those of all other fractions except 8–16 μm were lower. In the loess samples, correlations for all but the 8–16 μm fraction were unsatisfactory. Laser diffraction gave 42% of pipette clay in marine samples, and 62% in fluvial and loess samples if regressions are forced through 0. Sand fractions detected by laser diffraction were 107% of the sieve fraction in marine samples, and 99% in the fluvial samples. Correlations for fractions smaller than reference size are generally better than those for individual size fractions. Both the 2 μm and the 50 μm boundary cause problems in the comparison. The first because of platy shape of clay minerals, and the second due to both a change in method in the pipette/sieving procedure, and to non-sphericity of particles. Apparently, correlations for clay- and silt-size fractions obtained by pipette method and laser diffraction will be different for each type of sediment.

Keywords

clay fractionfluvial sedimentsgrain size distributionlaser diffractionloess sedimentsmarine sedimentspipette methodsilt fraction
Type
Research Article
Information
Netherlands Journal of Geosciences , Volume 80 , Issue 2 , June 2001 , pp. 49 - 57
Copyright
Copyright © Stichting Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 2001

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