Table 1.
Porous Medium | Sand (%) | Silt (%) | Clay (%) | TOC†(%) | Median grain diameter d50 (mm) | Uniformity coefficient Uc (d60/d10) | Pore Diameter‡(μm) |
Particle density (g cm−3) | SiO2% | Fe§ μg/g | Al§μg/g | Mn§ μg/g | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
>100 | 100–10 | <10 | ||||||||||||
Eustis | 95 | <1 | 4.4 | 0.38 | 0.27 | 2.3 | 8 | 81 | 11 | 2.64 | 97.7 | 310 | 690 | 19 |
Vinton | 96 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 0. 1 | 0.26 | 2.0 | 21 | 61 | 18 | 2.69 | 54.4 | 1,700 | 1,400 | 130 |
TOC = total organic carbon
Percent of pores with designated size, determined from capillary pressure-saturation curves measured under primary drainage.
Elements dissolved from soils in 5 M HNO3 extractions