Sample M-5-6

Project

A Geological Investigation of Sand Resources in the Offshore Area Along Florida's Central-East Coast (Martin County)

Sample Date

1/6/1995

Top Of Sample Interval

4.00

Bottom Of Sample Interval

5.10

Mean

1.11

Median

1.08

Median Standard Deviation

0.85

Skewness

-0.38

Kurtosis

3.34

Percent Fines

1.00

Percent Pan Fraction

0.07

Percent Carbonate

77.20

Carbonate Dissolved

N

Heavy Minerals Dissolved

N

Organics Removed

N

Shell Fragments Removed

N

Mean Calculation Method

Moment Method

Sample Collection Method

Core Boring

Grain Size Breakdown-Krumbein Phi (φ) Scale

-2 φ

0.04

-1.75 φ

0.12

-1.5 φ

0.41

-1.25 φ

0.46

-1 φ

0.69

-0.75 φ

1.43

-0.5 φ

2.62

-0.25 φ

3.36

0 φ

3.89

0.25 φ

6.26

0.5 φ

6.84

0.75 φ

8.13

1 φ

11.07

1.25 φ

13.52

1.5 φ

12.02

1.75 φ

12.54

2 φ

7.25

2.25 φ

4.57

2.5 φ

2.92

2.75 φ

1.01

3 φ

0.35

3.25 φ

0.17

3.5 φ

0.12

3.75 φ

0.09

4 φ

0.07

Grain Size Breakdown-USCS Scale

USCS Cobble

0.00

USCS Coarse Gravel

0.00

USCS Fine Gravel

0.00

USCS Coarse Sand

1.72

USCS Medium Sand

57.10

USCS Fine Sand

41.03

USCS Silt

0.07

USCS Clay

0.00

Grain Size Breakdown-Wentworth Scale

Wentworth Boulder

0.00

Wentworth Cobble

0.00

Wentworth Gravel

1.68

Wentworth Pebble

0.04

Wentworth Very Coarse Sand

11.29

Wentworth Coarse Sand

32.29

Wentworth Medium Sand

45.32

Wentworth Fine Sand

8.84

Wentworth Very Fine Sand

0.46

Wentworth Wilt

0.00

Wentworth Clay

0.00

Wentworth Colloid

0.00