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POORLY-SORTED [3 records]

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Record 1 2011-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
  • Geology
CONT

Sorting refers to whether the particles are relatively uniform in size or are many sizes. A well-sorted sediment consists of grains of uniform size and a poorly-sorted sediment contains particles of many sizes.

CONT

A well-sorted sandstone tends to have greater porosity than a poorly sorted sandstone because of the lack of grains small enough to fill its pores. Conglomerates tend to be poorly sorted rocks, with particles ranging from boulder size to clay size.

OBS

poorly-sorted : term used at Natural Resources Canada-Earth Sciences Sector.

PHR

Poorly sorted porosity, sediment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des sols
  • Géologie
CONT

Utilisation des répartitions totales des dimensions des grains pour définir l'érosion de fond et le transport de sédiments mal classés ayant subi une bioturbation simulée.

CONT

On a deux cas : - Le sédiment est homogène : on dit que le sédiment est bien classé. - Le sédiment est hétérogène : on dit qu'il est mal classé.

OBS

mal classé : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
  • Geology
CONT

Sorting refers to whether the particles are relatively uniform in size or are many sizes. A well-sorted sediment consists of grains of uniform size and a poorly-sorted sediment contains particles of many sizes.

CONT

A well-sorted sandstone tends to have greater porosity than a poorly sorted sandstone because of the lack of grains small enough to fill its pores. Conglomerates tend to be poorly sorted rocks, with particles ranging from boulder size to clay size.

Key term(s)
  • well sorted

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des sols
  • Géologie
CONT

On a deux cas : - Le sédiment est homogène : on dit que le sédiment est bien classé. - Le sédiment est hétérogène : on dit qu'il est mal classé.

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
CONT

Sediments ... formed from broken pieces of rock are called detrital sediments ...

CONT

Detrital sediments are... characterized by their sorting, the degree to which clastic particle sizes are similar. Sediments are described as poorly-sorted if a mix of particle sizes is present, and well-sorted if primarily one particle size is present.

OBS

Alluvial formations are composed mainly of detritic sediments of varying grain size and composition.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
DEF

Formation benthique caractérisée par des sédiments provenant de la désagrégation mécanique des matériaux (terrigènes) ou de tests d'animaux (biodétritique).

CONT

Le détritique côtier.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geología
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