Parameter: sorting_sigma

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: 
sorting_sigma
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
-
Description: 
unique number to classify which type of sediment and how well it is sorted