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Parameter: COARSESANDFraction

Dataset: 
Sediment Properties
Parameter: 
sand size fraction Wentworth scale
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 sand
Short Description:
 sand size fraction Wentworth scale
Official Name:
 sand
No Data Value:
Description:
 

Sand in the sediment; Proportion of particles in a sediment sample that are in the Wentworth sand size fraction-- between 63 microns and 2 millimeters (>63um and <2mm)

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
COARSESANDFraction
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Datatype: 
Float
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
Description: 
sample fraction consisting of coarse sand-sized particles