What are Sands ?
| Type | distinguished by range of size: | landscape features | ||
| particle name | size inches (") |
in millimeters = .039" |
kind
of rock formed:
|
|
|
<
.00156
|
|
Shale
|
Mud
|
|
.00156
- .00248
|
.004
- .063
|
Siltstone
|
Mud
|
|
.00249
-.078
|
.064
-2.00
|
Sandstone
|
|
|
.078
-.155
|
2.00
- 4.00
|
smooth
|
angular
|
|
Conglomerate
|
Breccia
|
|||
|
.156 - 2.5
|
4.00 - 64.00 |
||
|
2.51
-9.98
|
64.01
- 256.0
|
||
|
>
10 (9.98)
|
>
256
|
||
| artifacts | comparative |
mass and size differ
|
Geological
formations
|
|
Stanley Chernicoff, Geology: An introduction to Physical Geology, (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999), p. 161.
