second smallest peds size

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Date created: 2021-07-06
Date modified: 2021-07-06

In concept scheme

Parameter Type

Definition

The average least dimension of peds is used to determine the class interval. The least dimension is the vertical dimension for platy structure; the horizontal dimension for prismatic, columnar, blocky and polyhedral peds; the maximum separation of convex faces for lenticular peds; and the diameter for granular peds.

Broaders
Exact match
source

R.C. McDonald, R.F. Isbell and J.G. Speight (2009) Land Surface. In Australian soil and land survey field handbook (3rd edn), p.172 - 173. (National Committee on Soil and Terrain) (CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne)


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