Station 



Mean Grain Size fphil 



Table 12. 



Mean Gra 



Average and range of statistical data 1 for 

 in Size (mm") Standard Deviation (phi) 



surface sediments . 2 









1 



1.606 



0.777 to 2.451 



Average 

 0.332 



Range 

 0.183 to 0.584 



Average 

 0.620 



Range 

 0.321 to 1.119 



♦0.018 



Range 

 -0.468 to 



0.297 



'-.I.-; .:;:> 



1.100 



0.584 to ; 



.026 



2 



1.890 



1.314 to 2.323 



0.273 



0.200 to 0.402 



0.648 



0.522 to 0.861 



-0.031 



-0.266 to 



0.247 



0.923 



0.741 to 1 



.366 



3 



2.234 



1.709 to 2.440 



0.214 



0.183 to 0.306 



0.562 



0.433 to 0.781 



-0.189 



-0.345 to 



0.248 



1.014 



0.745 to 1 



.247 



4 



2.215 



1.729 to 2.488 



0.217 



0.178 to 0.302 



0.579 



0.351 to 0.832 



-0.201 



. -0.315 to 



0.116 



1.007 



0.754 to 1 



.214 



5 



2.217 



1.193 to 2.477 



0.217 



0.180 to 0.437 



0.595 



0.410 to 0.848 



-0.270 



-0.416 to 



.151 



1.061 



0.762 to 1 



.273 



avg. and 



1.918 



0.777 to 2.488 



0.273 



0.178 to 0.584 



0.608 



0.321 to 1.119 



-0.085 



-0.468 to < 



0.297 



1.043 



0.584 to 2 



.026 



: of the Gulf of Mexi 



off Panama City Beach, Florida. 



Table 13. Average and range of stati 



for surface sedii 



Station 



Mean Grain Size (phi) 



Mean Grain Size (mm) 



Standard 



Deviation [phi) 



Skewness 



Kurtosis 





Average 



Range 



Average 



Range 





Range 



Average 







Range 



A 

 B 



2.310 

 2.289 



2.203 to 2.433 

 2.169 to 2.447 



0.202 

 0.205 



0.185 to 

 0.183 to 



.217 

 .222 



0.603 

 0.665 



0.499 to 0.715 

 0.554 to 0.802 



-0.200 

 -0.237 



-0.246 to - 

 -0.382 to - 



0.156 

 0.089 



1.128 

 1.237 



1.014 to 

 1.134 to 



.227 

 .376 



avg . and 



2.298 



2.169 to 2.447 



0.204 



0.183 to 



.222 



0.638 



0.499 to 0.802 



-0.221 



-0.382 to - 



0.089 



1.190 



1.014 to 



.376 



1 Using formulas by Folk and Ward (1957) . 

 Collected at stations A and B in the ne 



: of the Gulf of Mexico off Panama City Beach, Florida. 



Table 14. Average and range of statistical data 1 for surface sediments on each transect. 



Station 



Mean G 



rain Si it- 



Phi) 



Mean Gr 



ain Size (mm 





Standard 



Deviation (phi) 



Skewness 



Kurtosis 





Average 



Range 



Average 



Range 





Average 





Average 



Range 



Average 



Range 



1 



1.899 



1.121 to 



2.400 



0.276 



0.190 to 



460 



0.669 



0.467 to 0.991 



-0.117 



-0.358 to * 



0.247 



0.999 



0.738 to 



1.296 



2 



1.913 



0.896 to 



2.418 



0.274 



0.187 to 



538 



0.663 



0.343 to 0.900 



-0.110 



-0.416 to * 



0.297 



1.005 



0.743 to 



.380 



3 



2.004 



1.442 to 



2.440 



0.2S3 



0.184 to 



368 



0.637 



0.445 to 1.043 



-0.146 



-0.468 to « 



0.123 



1.026 



0.S84 to 



.357 



" 



1.938 



1.491 to 



2.488 



0.269 



0.178 to 



356 



0.591 



0.351 to 1.119 



-0.103 



-0.397 to * 



0.184 



1.067 



0.741 to 



2.026 



5 



1.983 



1.544 to 



2.426 



0.258 



0.186 to 



343 



0.592 



0.472 to 0.791 



-0.055 



-0.381 to * 



0.251 



1.054 



0.738 to 



.344 



6 



1.920 



0.777 to 



2.459 



0.275 



0.182 to 



584 



0.566 



0.407 to 0.743 



-0.062 



-0.314 to *0. 245 



1.068 



0.746 to 



.368 



7 



1.890 



1.335 to 



2.458 



0.277 



0.185 to 



396 



0.567 



0.321 to 0.742 



-0.036 



-0.331 to ♦ 



0.248 



1.039 



0.738 to 



.267 



8 



1.896 



1.171 to 



2.451 



0.279 



0.183 to 



444 



0.579 



0.431 to 0.748 



-0.104 



-0.315 to ♦ 



0.248 



1.039 



0.750 to 



.400 



9 



1.814 



1.148 to 



2.432 



0.297 



0.185 to 



451 



0.613 



0.332 to 0.832 



-0.127 



-0.331 to * 



0.109^ 



1.088 



0.738 to 



.337 



avg . and 



1.918 



0.777 to 



2.488 



0.273 



0.178 to 



584 



0.608 



0.321 to 1.119 



-0.085 



-0.468 to * 



0.297 



1.043 



0.584 to 



.026 



^Using f 

 Collect 



>rmulas b 

 id on eac 



y Folk and 

 i transect 



Ward C 

 in the 



957). 

 nearshore 



zone of the 



Gulf 



of Mexico 



off Panama City 



each, Flo 













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