Table 1.
Percentage surface sediment coverage based on Folk Textural Classification categories for the Celtic Sea area in Fig. 1a and the target area in Fig. 4a, highlighting in bold italics those sediment types which comprise >10% of the total (Stephens 2015; Stephens & Diesing 2015; Folk 1954)
| Folk classification | Percentage coverage of celtic sea (%) | Percentage coverage of target area (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Mud: M | 0.005 | 0.033 |
| sandy Mud: sM | 0.838 | 3.724 |
| muddy Sand: mS | 15.879 | 23.702 |
| Sand: S | 16.358 | 13.069 |
| (gravelly) muddy Sand: (g)mS | 2.601 | 4.393 |
| (gravelly) Sand: (g)S | 24.101 | 43.079 |
| gravelly muddy Sand: gmS | 0.150 | 0.028 |
| gravelly Sand: gS | 31.294 | 11.952 |
| muddy sandy Gravel: msG | 0.165 | – |
| sandy Gravel: sG | 8.373 | 0.020 |
| Gravel: G | 0.057 | – |