23-7130
Category:
Soils
Sub Category:
Soil Index Properties, Classification
Product Group:
Sand Grading Chart
Pocket-sized folder enables the field geologist to quickly and accurately identify grain size and shape, grain sorting, roundness, and sphericity of a sample. Consists of sphericity/roundness measuring chart; printed examples of well-sorted and poorly-sorted grain samples in fine, medium, and coarse ranges; four actual grain samples illustrating angular, subangular, subrounded, and rounded shapes; six grain size samples: silt, very fine sand, fine sand, medium sand, coarse sand, and very coarse sand. Measurement limits for granules, pebbles, cobbles, and boulders indicated.
| Particle Panels | Angular; sub-angular; sub-rounded and rounded. |
| Description | Sand Grading Chart |
| Sample Panels | Very coarse; coarse; medium; fine; very fine; silt. |
| Particle Shape Panels | Angular; sub-angular; sub-rounded and rounded. |
| Chart Size | 3-1/4” w. x 4” h. (83 x 102 mm). |
| Weight | Net 1 oz. (28 g). |
23-7150
The Munsell Soil Colour Charts is an affordable way to evaluate the type of soil that is present within a given area. The book is set up to allow users to make soil Colour evaluations in the field quickly and easily. The soil classification system that has been developed around the Munsell Colour system is an established and accepted process to assign a soil type. This classification system has been used in the United States for more than 55 years to aid in the management and stewardship of natural resources. Through the use of the Munsell Soil Colour Charts, practitioners from a wide range of professions can share reliable and consistent information about the Colour of soils at a particular site with colleagues anywhere around the world. The Munsell Soil Colour Charts are used by a variety of industries and professions such as universities and high schools, forestry, forensics, environmental and soil science, building and contracting, landscaping, real estate, health departments, geology and archaeology.