Wentworth scale
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Introduced by C. K. Wentworth in a 1922 paper.[1]
Proper noun[edit]
- (geology, US) A particle classification system, classifying based on diameter.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Chester K. Wentworth (1922) “A Scale of Grade and Class Terms for Clastic Sediments”, in The Journal of Geology,
Further reading[edit]
- grain size on Wikipedia.Wikipedia