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A Unifying Quantitative Analysis of Soil Texture
Author(s) -
Shirazi Mostafa A.,
Boersma Larry
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
soil science society of america journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1435-0661
pISSN - 0361-5995
DOI - 10.2136/sssaj1984.03615995004800010026x
Subject(s) - soil texture , silt , texture (cosmology) , soil science , standard deviation , particle size , soil test , particle (ecology) , geology , environmental science , mathematics , mineralogy , statistics , computer science , artificial intelligence , soil water , image (mathematics) , geomorphology , paleontology , oceanography
The soil texture triangle used by the U.S. Department of Agriculture is converted into a new texture diagram which contains all information in the original triangle, but additionally, gives mean particle size and particle size standard deviation of soil samples. Thus, mechanical analysis information on percents of clay, silt, and sand together with particle‐size limits for clay, silt, and sand are found in a single unified system. The new diagram provides greater resolution in detecting classified soil samples within a texture region, it can be extended to cover coarse fragments, and other soil texture classifications can be incorporated into it.