Dear Catherine
The density of quartz is 2.65 and most workers use this for sediment so if you have the
relative volumes of water and particles (i.e. porosity) and the density of each then you
can work out the relative proportions. Holme & McIntyre 1984 (chapter by Jack Buchanan)
gives some information.
Mike Elliott
On Mon, 23 Oct 2000 16:15:08 +0100 Catherine Organo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I would like to know the relationship or equation which allows to
> calculate the Dry Bulk Density of a sediment knowing the water content
> (porosity) and the dry density of the solids in the same sediments.
> I can't find a paper in my bibliography which gives the answer.
>
> Thanks for the help
> C. Organo
>
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