Date of Analysis:
Analysist:
Temperature suspension (C):
A B C D E F G H I J
Sample number:
Sample dry weight (grams):
Sieve data 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
pre sieve weight
2.00mm
1.00mm
0.5mm
0.25mm
0.125mm
0.063mm
<0.063mm
w- wood fragments u- unbroken sediment clumps s- shells m- micas q- quartz h- heavy minerals c- coal fragments p- plastic shavings
Pipette and Sieve Grain Size Analysis Data Sheets: Calculations page
sieve data 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Grain Size Analysis Histograms 08/12/2017
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Error messages
Percentage Printer correction: 1.1
Sample # Clay Silt Sand Error messages Tick interval (0 - 0.5): 0.1
F1 30.00 35.00 35.00 Tick length (0 - 0.2): 0.03
F2 20.00 60.00 20.00 Plot lines? (Y or N): n
F3 15.00 22.00 63.00
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Acknowledgments
This plotting routine was adopted with minor changes
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David Graham (University of Wales, Aberystwyth)
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0 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! Nicholas Midgley (Liverpool John Moores University)
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Clay
Sand Silt
Sand Silt
Grain Size Analysis
Douglas W. Haywick, University of South Alabama
Last Revised: June 30, 2006 (v. Excel 2003)
Introduction
Data Input: (where raw data obtained from grain size analysis is entered and processed)
Histograms: (where grain size histograms are processed and plotted)
Tern. Plot: (Where ternary plots are generated)
Don't Touch: (Where the ternary plot triange is generated. Don't touch this page!
Data entered into the Data Input page will automatically be shunted to the
other worksheets where necessary. To access those worksheets, click the tab
buttons below. Each worksheet is pre-formated to print on North American
standard pages (8.5 x 11 inches). To change to page size (e.g., to A4), use
page set up.
Record all of your data in the spaces provided on the raw data component of
the page. Do not enter data into the calculations component of this
worksheet. Save the file after you have entered the data. The blank
spreadsheet may have been a "read-only" file. You may be prompted to enter
a new file name before your data can be saved.
Check the data calculation component of this page for any negative values in
the Bulk Grain Size or Histogram calculation columns. Negative values here
usually indicate an input error on the Raw Data section of the worksheet.
Common errors include missing decimal points, transposed numbers and
blank entries.
Histograms
This worksheet consists of 10 separate histograms that are formatted to fit
on three 8.5 x 11 inch pages in landscape mode. If you are doing less than
10 samples, some of the histograms will print out without data. Empty
histograms can be deleted from the worksheet before printing.
To print a single histogram, highlight it and hit the print button in the Standard
Excel toolbar (usually at the top of the page).
Ternary Plot
One of the most important ways of graphically representing grain size data is
via ternary plots. Unfortunately, Excel does not have a ternary plot module
within its standard software package. The ternary plot comprising the third of
the worksheets in this package was obtained from other sources. I have
modified it to use the data collected from this method of grain size analysis,
but I do not claim authorship of this spreadsheet. See the Tri-Plot section
below for details about where this stuff came from.
I do not recommend fooling around with this page. You do, however, have
the ability to;
1: turn on (or off) some of the plot lines on the ternary diagram
2: vary the interval (number) of plot lines on the ternary diagram and,
3: modify the printer correction factor (this affects the output shape of the
ternary diagram)
There are some other ternary plot routines available through either
commercial software (e.g., DeltaGraph), or through shareware.
Don't Touch!
This page comprises the guts of the ternary plot routine and should not be
messed with unless you want to plot different information.
To generate
The
References SIZE triangular
workbook contains five sheets: diagrams
- This sheet contains instructions and information about TRI-PLOT.
COVENTRY
-This
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second R.J.
and
of the &third
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for the
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size. The
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sheet and
(SHAPE some
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Data & results) on its
enables efficiency.
data Commonwealth
entry and presents the results
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Scientific
diagram. Industrial Research
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sheet (SIZE
entered
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-as
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calculations. nomenclature. Journal of Geology, 62, 344-
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spreadsheet are1979: A generation
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size. The
particle
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second analysis
sheet and
(SHAPE some
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Data & results) on its
enables efficiency.
data Commonwealth
entry and presents the results
"SIZE - Data & results" sheet can be accessed using the button above or the tab at the bottom of the screen. as a triangular
Scientific
diagram. Industrial Research
The third sheet (SHAPEOrganisation
- Calcs.) Division of Soils
works behind theReport,
scenes38, 26pthe calculations.
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-The
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generating for theternary
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FOLK,
The
are the R.L.,
fourth 1954.(SIZE
sheet
proportion The distinction
of sediment between
- Data &inresults)
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three size
data and
entry
classes mineral
and
(e.g.presents the results
gravel, sand, mud).whilst
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sheet (SIZE
entered
composition
-asCalcs.) doesin sedimentary
the rock
calculations. nomenclature. Journal of Geology, 62, 344-
a percentage and total 100. An error is given if the data do not sum to 100. The only other significant
359.
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differences are isorthatthose
therewho wish
is no to modify
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to draw C40 line andwill theneed to look
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parameters sheets.
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limited.
GRAHAM,
To generate D.J. andSHAPE MIDGLEY,(SneedN.G. and
2000:Folk)
Graphical representation
triangular of
diagrams
particle shape using triangular diagrams: an Excel spreadsheet method.
Earth Surface
This part of theProcesses
spreadsheet andgenerates
Landforms, 25, 1473-1477.
ternary diagrams for the representation of particle shape as
recommended by Benn and Ballantyne (1993) and first proposed by Sneed and Folk (1958). The inputs
HAYWICK,
required areD.W., 1996.
the a-, Manual
b- and c-axisoflengths
Pipetteof
andtheSieve Particle
particles. TheAnalysis.
"SHAPE - Data & results" sheet can be accessed
University of South Alabama Bookstore Publication, 35pp.
using the button above or the tab at the bottom of the screen. The sheet contains three areas: the data entry
area, the plotting parameters area and the triangular diagram itself.
SHEPARD, F.P., 1954. Nomenclature based upon sand-silt-clay ratios.
Journal of Sedimentary
Data entry area Petrology 24, 151-158.
Type the a-axis, b-axis and c-axis dimensions of each clast into the table. The units of measurement are not
important, as long as they are consistent. Error messages are displayed in blue. The triangular diagram will
Citation Information
update as data are entered. The data entry area is set up initially to accept data for 50 clasts. Samples of less
than 50 clasts do not require the spreadsheet to be altered. Samples of more than 50 clasts require that the
spreadsheet
I believe in free is altered by copying
discimination the formulae
of information andinpermit
columnsuseAand/or
- J of the calculations sheet the required number
of times.
modification of this series of worksheets by any non-commerical
organization or individual pursuing scientific enquiry. It is my understanding
Plotting
that David parameters
Graham and area
Midgley also feel this way (The original
This
spreadsheet contained theoffollowing
area defines aspects how thetext:
triangular
"Usersdiagram
are freewill appear and
to modify on the screen and when printed.
distribute TRI-PLOT provided the original source is referenced in any
The printer
modified correction parameter is used to scale the vertical axis of the diagram so the triangle is equilateral.
version").
This is necessary because it is not possible to instruct Excel to scale charts. Experiment to obtain satisfactory
results on screen
If you have borrowedand the
from a printer.
Tri-Plot Alternatively,
component of thisthe diagram may
worksheet, pleasebe scaled using the mouse.
contact David Graham and/or cite Graham and Midgley (see reference
The tickIfinterval
below). you areparameter
using thisdefines
worksheet the package
frequencyfor ofgrain
tick marks on the axes of the diagram. Acceptable inputs
size analysis,
are
please0 and
cite:from 0.05 to 0.5 but must divide into 1 (i.e. 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.25, 0.5). If 0 is entered, no ticks are
plotted. An error message is given if an unacceptable value is entered.
Haywick, D. W., 2006. An Excel spreadsheet for processing pipette and
The
sievetick length
grain sizeparameter defines theUniversity
data. [Unpublished], length of tick marksAlabama,
of South on the axes of the diagram. Acceptable inputs are
Mobile,
from 0 to
AL USA 36688 0.2. An error message is given if an unacceptable value is entered. If 0 is entered, no ticks are
plotted.
The
Grainplot C40
Size line? parameter
Analysis Contactdetermines whether a line is drawn across the diagram to indicate the C40 index
(Spring 2006):
value
Doug Haywick, Department of Earth Sciences,not
(c/a=0.4). Acceptable inputs are N (line plotted) and
University Y (line plotted). Other inputs will result in an error
of South
message.
Alabama, Mobile AL, 36688 USA
E-mail: dhaywick@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
The L+R axis lines? parameter determines whether lines are drawn across the diagram from the tick marks on
the left and
Tri-Plot right axes.
Contact Acceptable
(Spring 2002): inputs are N (line not plotted) and Y (line plotted). Other inputs will result in
an error message. The lines
David Graham, Department of are drawn at the
Geography, interval
Martin specified
Hall, by the tick interval parameter.
Loughborough,
Leicestershire LE11 3TU UK.
The Bot'm
E-mail: axis lines? parameter determines whether lines are drawn across the diagram from the tick marks
D.J.Graham@lboro.ac.uk
on the bottom axis. Acceptable inputs are N (line not plotted) and Y (line plotted). Other inputs will result in an
error message. The lines are drawn at the interval specified by the tick interval parameter.
The Bot'm axis ticks? parameter determines whether tick marks are plotted on the bottom axis. Acceptable
inputs are N (ticks not plotted) and Y (ticks plotted). Other inputs will result in an error message. The ticks are
drawn with the frequency and length specified by the tick interval and tick length parameters.
e shape as
58). The inputs
sheet can be accessed
areas: the data entry
hen printed.
riangle is equilateral.
to obtain satisfactory
mouse.
m. Acceptable inputs
ered, no ticks are
m axis. Acceptable
essage. The ticks are
ters.
Plotting parameters
Printer correction: 1.1
Tick interval: 0.1
Tick length: 0.03
Plot lines?: 0
Data area Calculated values: do not change
Graph co-ordinates
point no. left right bottom Point no. x y
1 30 35 35 0 0.5 0.28578
2 20 60 20 0 0.7 0.19052
3 15 22 63 0 0.295 0.14289
4 40 30 30 0 0.5 0.38104
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Calculations area: do not change