|
SI to Inch/Pound
| Multiply |
By |
To obtain |
Length |
| centimeter (cm) |
0.3937 |
inch (in.) |
| millimeter (mm) |
0.03937 |
inch (in.) |
| meter (m) |
3.281 |
feet (ft) |
| kilometer (km) |
0.6214 |
mile (mi) |
| kilometer (km) |
0.5400 |
mile, nautical (nmi) |
| meter (m) |
1.094 |
yard (yd) |
Area |
| square kilometer (km²) |
0.3861 |
square mile (mi²) |
| square meters (m²) |
10.7639 |
square feet (ft²) |
Phi-notation (Krumbein, 1934) as used in this report is defined as: Φ = -log 2 (d), where d is the grain diameter in millimeters. Phi-class intervals in millimeters are given in the data dictionary of the Sediments section.
Horizontal coordinate information projected in Universal Transverse Mercator is referenced to the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83); horizontal information in geographic coordinates is referenced to the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84).
Vertical coordinate information is referenced to the National Geodetic Vertical datum of 1929 (NGVD29). The vertical datum for tidal-zone measurements is mean lower low water (MLLW). |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
