Pipette and Sieve Grain Size Analysis Data Sheets: Raw data page:

Date of Analysis:
Analysist:
Temperature suspension (C):
A B C D E F G H I J
Sample number:
Sample dry weight (grams):

wt. filter paper before filtering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

filter paper-S
filter paper -C
filter paper Blank-1: 0.1213
filter paper Blank-1 0.1221

wt. filter paper after filtration 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

filter paper-S
filter paper -C
filter paper Blank-1: 0.1213
filter paper Blank-1 0.1221

Sieve data 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
pre sieve weight
2.00mm
1.00mm
0.5mm
0.25mm
0.125mm
0.063mm
<0.063mm

w- wood fragments u- unbroken sediment clumps s- shells m- micas q- quartz h- heavy minerals c- coal fragments p- plastic shavings
Pipette and Sieve Grain Size Analysis Data Sheets: Calculations page

Date of Analysis: 30-Dec-99

Analysist: 0
Temperature suspension: 0

Bulk grain size data

sample number 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
weigh dispersant 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
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wt% fine silt (2 to 20 microns) #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
wt% coarse silt (20-63 microns) #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
wt% sand (2-0.063 mm) #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
wt% gravel (>2 mm) #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

sieve data 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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wt% 1.00mm #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
wt% 0.5mm #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
wt% 0.25mm #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
wt% 0.125mm #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
wt% 0.063mm #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

Ternary plot data 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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wt% silt #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
wt% sand #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
wt% gravel #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Name (after Folk, 1954)
Name (after Shepard, 1954)

Histogram plot data 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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vc sand #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
c sand #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
m sand #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
f sand #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
vf sand #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
coarse silt #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
fine silt #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
clay #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
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10.00 10.00

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wt% retained per sieve

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10.00 10.00
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wt% retained per sieve

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12.00 12.00

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8.00 8.00

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Grain Size Histogram; , sample - Grain Size Histogram; , sample -

12.00 12.00

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wt% retained per sieve

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c sand c sand

m sand m sand

f sand f sand

grain size
grain size

vf sand vf sand
Grain Size Histogram; , sample -

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clay clay
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0 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! Acknowledgments
This plotting routine was adopted with minor changes from
0 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! a spreadsheet written by:
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0 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! Click here for additional reference information

Clay

Sand Silt
Sand Silt
 Grain Size Analysis
Douglas W. Haywick, University of South Alabama
Last Revised: June 30, 2006 (v. Excel 2003)

Introduction

This series of worksheets was designed to process grain size analyses derived
using the pipette and sieve method (Coventry and Fett, 1979). For details about
the methodology of this technique, please refer to Haywick (1996).

In addition to this instructional page, the following worksheets are contained

within this package (links below take you to those worksheets):

Data Input: (where raw data obtained from grain size analysis is entered and processed)
Histograms: (where grain size histograms are processed and plotted)
Tern. Plot: (Where ternary plots are generated)
Don't Touch: (Where the ternary plot triange is generated. Don't touch this page!

Data entered into the Data Input page will automatically be shunted to the other
worksheets where necessary. To access those worksheets, click the tab buttons
below. Each worksheet is pre-formated to print on North American standard
pages (8.5 x 11 inches). To change to page size (e.g., to A4), use page set up.

Sediment classification according to Folk or others, is determined by using a

transparent template atop the ternary plot (Haywick, 1996). These data can be
added manually to the Data Input page if desired.

Data Input Page

Record all of your data in the spaces provided on the raw data component of the
page. Do not enter data into the calculations component of this worksheet. Save
the file after you have entered the data. The blank spreadsheet may have been a
"read-only" file. You may be prompted to enter a new file name before your data
can be saved.

Check the data calculation component of this page for any negative values in the
Bulk Grain Size or Histogram calculation columns. Negative values here usually
indicate an input error on the Raw Data section of the worksheet. Common
errors include missing decimal points, transposed numbers and blank entries.
Histograms
This worksheet consists of 10 separate histograms that are formatted to fit on
three 8.5 x 11 inch pages in landscape mode. If you are doing less than 10
samples, some of the histograms will print out without data. Empty histograms
can be deleted from the worksheet before printing.

To print a single histogram, highlight it and hit the print button in the Standard
Excel toolbar (usually at the top of the page).

Ternary Plot
One of the most important ways of graphically representing grain size data is via
ternary plots. Unfortunately, Excel does not have a ternary plot module within its
standard software package. The ternary plot comprising the third of the
worksheets in this package was obtained from other sources. I have modified it
to use the data collected from this method of grain size analysis, but I do not
claim authorship of this spreadsheet. See the Tri-Plot section below for details
about where this stuff came from.

I do not recommend fooling around with this page. You do, however, have the
ability to;

1: turn on (or off) some of the plot lines on the ternary diagram
2: vary the interval (number) of plot lines on the ternary diagram and,
3: modify the printer correction factor (this affects the output shape of the ternary
diagram)

There are some other ternary plot routines available through either commercial
software (e.g., DeltaGraph), or through shareware.

Don't Touch!
This page comprises the guts of the ternary plot routine and should not be
messed with unless you want to plot different information.

Triangular diagram plotting spreadsheet (TRI-PLOT)

I obtained the ternary plot module of this worksheek package from colleagues on
the SedNet News Group. The original authours of the worksheet are David
Graham (originally at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth) and Nicholas
Midgley (Liverpool John Moores University). The grain size plot represents one
portion of their Tri-Plot spreadsheet.

References
COVENTRY R.J. & FETT, D.E.R. 1979: A pipette and sieve method of particle
size analysis and some observations on its efficiency. Commonwealth Scientific
Industrial Research Organisation Division of Soils Report, 38, 26p

FOLK, R.L., 1954. The distinction between grain size and mineral composition in
sedimentary rock nomenclature. Journal of Geology, 62, 344-359.

GRAHAM, D.J. and MIDGLEY, N.G. 2000: Graphical representation of particle

 COVENTRY R.J. & FETT, D.E.R. 1979: A pipette and sieve method of particle
size analysis and some observations on its efficiency. Commonwealth Scientific
Industrial Research Organisation Division of Soils Report, 38, 26p

FOLK, R.L., 1954. The distinction between grain size and mineral composition in
sedimentary rock nomenclature. Journal of Geology, 62, 344-359.

GRAHAM, D.J. and MIDGLEY, N.G. 2000: Graphical representation of particle

shape using triangular diagrams: an Excel spreadsheet method. Earth Surface
Processes and Landforms, 25, 1473-1477.

HAYWICK, D.W., 1996. Manual of Pipette and Sieve Particle Analysis. University
of South Alabama Bookstore Publication, 35pp.

SHEPARD, F.P., 1954. Nomenclature based upon sand-silt-clay ratios. Journal of

Sedimentary Petrology 24, 151-158.

Citation Information

I believe in free discimination of information and permit use and/or modification

of this series of worksheets by any non-commerical organization or individual
pursuing scientific enquiry. It is my understanding that David Graham and
Midgley also feel this way (The original spreadsheet contained the following
text: "Users are free to modify and distribute TRI-PLOT provided the original
source is referenced in any modified version").

If you have borrowed the Tri-Plot component of this worksheet, please contact
David Graham and/or cite Graham and Midgley (see reference below). If you
are using this worksheet package for grain size analysis, please cite:

Haywick, D. W., 2006. An Excel spreadsheet for processing pipette and sieve
grain size data. [Unpublished], University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL USA
36688

Grain Size Analysis Contact (Spring 2006):

Doug Haywick, Department of Earth Sciences, University of South Alabama,
Mobile AL, 36688 USA
E-mail: dhaywick@jaguar1.usouthal.edu

Tri-Plot Contact (Spring 2002):

David Graham, Department of Geography, Martin Hall, Loughborough,
Leicestershire LE11 3TU UK.
E-mail: D.J.Graham@lboro.ac.uk
 Ternary Plot Generation Page
Any changes to the data on this paper may result in unexpected and unwanted modifications to
the ternary plot diagram. DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING ON THIS PAGE

Acknowledgments
This plotting routine was adopted with minor changes from
a spreadsheet written by:

David Graham (University of Wales, Aberystwyth)

and
Nicholas Midgley (Liverpool John Moores University)

Click here for additional reference and source information

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