Parameter: Percent_Silt

Dataset: 
Sediment grain size data
Parameter: 
silt size fraction Wentworth scale
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 silt
Short Description:
 silt size fraction Wentworth scale
Official Name:
 silt
No Data Value:
Description:
 

Silt in the sediment; Proportion of particles in a sediment sample that are in the Wentworth silt size fraction--size between 4 and 63 microns (um)

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
Percent_Silt
Supplied Units: 
percent (%)
Datatype: 
String
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
Description: 
Percent of sediment sample that is silt