By Harold P. Guy
Preface
Abstract
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Functions of a sediment laboratory
Units of measurement and definitions
Theory of particles falling in a fluid
The settling medium
Stokes law for small particles
Drag-Reynolds number
Significant figures for reporting results
Procedure for determining suspended-sediment concentration
Evaporation method
Filtration method
Laboratory forms
Procedure for concentration analysis
Determination of particle-size distribution of suspended sediments
Recommended frequency of analyses
Method of analysis
Limitations
Dispersed settling medium
Native water settling medium
Sample preparation for native water analysis
Procedure for the sieve-pipet method of particle-size analysis
Equipment
Preparation of sample
Recording and decanting
Mechanical dispersion
Sieving
Separation of sand from fines
Dry method
Wet method
Analysis of silt-clay fraction
Splitting
Dispersing
Pipetting
Calculation of results
Total weight of sediment in sample
Calculations
Procedure for the VA tube-pipet method of particle-size analysis
Equipment
Preparation of sample
Separation of sand from fines
Splitting and dispersing
The VA tube analysis
Tube selection
Procedure
Chart interpretation
Procedure for the BW tube-VA tube method of particle-size analysis
The Oden theory
Equipment
Preparation of sample
The BW tube analysis
Dispersion
Withdrawals
Recording of data
The Oden curve
Limitations of BW tube for sand
Determination of particle-size distribution of deposited sediment and soil samples
Equipment and method of handling
In situ measurement
Nominal diameter by immersion
The Zeiss analyzer
Laboratory analysis
Preparation and procedures
Calculation of results
Mechanical analyses of soil samples
Other determinations related to sediment analysis
Organic material
Relationship to particle-size settling media
Procedure of removal
Aggregate destruction
Dissolved solids
Related water-quality analysis
Specific gravity
Specific weight
Selected references
Index
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