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Are detailed grain size analyses used to output textural statistics like mean and sorting?

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Are detailed grain size analyses used to output textural statistics like mean and sorting?

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Yes. The percentages in each fraction are summed to output the percent gravel, sand, mud and clay. A weighted average and standard deviation is also calculated, leading to output of central and sorting grain sizes. Standard moment statistics (see Blatt and others, 1980) are used.