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Parameter: d50

Dataset: 
Sediment grain size data
Parameter: 
sediment grain size
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 sed_grain_size
Short Description:
 sediment grain size
Official Name:
 sediment grain size
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

Parameters specifying the physical dimensions of the particles comprising unlithified sediment (including expressions of shape such as aspect ratio) and statistics derived from their variation in a sample (e.g. mean, mode, sorting, skewness).

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
d50
Supplied Units: 
millimeters (mm)
Datatype: 
Float
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Description: 

Effective size that directly corresponds to the percentage by weight of grains that equal to 50% on the Wentworth grain-size diagram