Salt Flats on I-70 Near Salina, Utah

SALT FLATS ON I-70 NEAR SALINA, UTAH

 

SALT FLAT NEAR SALINA, UTAH - Frances C. Lindgren Photograph

You think of salt flats as being white and barren. The flat near Salina was very different because of the amount of precipitation in the area. It was blooming! If you look at my hair, you can also see that it was windy on the day we were there! - Charles F. Lindgren

 

 

GRAIN DISTRIBUTION CHARACTERISTICS (AGI CHART)

International Space Station 180mm Photograph Image credit:  Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center

GRAIN SHAPE CHARACTERISTICS

(PREPARED BY GAMMA ZETA CHAPTER , SIGMA GAMMA EPSILON, KENT STATE UNIVERSITY - AGI CHART))

Roundness is the degree of smoothing due to abrasion of sedimentary particles. It is expressed as the ratio of the average radius of curvature of the edges or corners to the radius of curvature of the maximum inscribed sphere.

The sphericity of a particle is: the ratio of the surface area of a sphere (with the same volume as the given particle) to the surface area of the particle.

 

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