Table A-1. Particle-size distributions of artificial 

 sediments used in this project. 



Fuller's 



earth 



Si02 



Si02 









(median size 



(median size 







17 micrometers) 



6. 2 micrometers) 



(4) 





(1) 



(2) 





percent 



D 



percent 



D 



percent 



D 



finer 





finer 





finer 





95.0 



35.8 



82.2 



51.5 



100.0 



31.8 



94.2 



25.3 



69.9 



36.9 



98.7 



22.6 



92.0 



12.7 



66.1 



26.2 



82.0 



11.5 



90.0 



8.1 



50.9 



16.9 



72.0 



8.5 



88.3 



6.4 



42.4 



13.4 



48.0 



6.0 



85.8 



4.0 



32.2 



8.6 



40.0 



5.2 



80.0 



1.6 



26.1 



6.8 



34.7 



4.5 



75.0 



1.0 



19.1 



4.3 



10.7 



1.6 



73.3 



0.8 



15.3 



7. 2 



3.5 



2. 2 



8.0 



1.4 











5.1 



1.5 











NOTE: Percent finer = fraction (expressed as 

 percent) finer by weight than Stokes' 

 diameter D in micrometers. (Numbers 

 in parenthesis refer to lines in 

 Fig. A-1.) 



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