Grain size analysis and characterization of sedimentary environment along the Atlantic Coast, Kenitra (Morocco)

Grain size analysis and total organic matter and carbonate contents of sediments on Saya de Malha and Nazareth Banks

“…Bivariate plots provide important information that helps to differentiate between different depositional settings. This technique has been commonly employed to determine diff erences among beach sediment samples to elucidate transportation and deposition mechanisms and determine the governing energy conditions in these environments (Azidane et al, 2020;Nordstrom, 1977;Rajganapathi et al, 2013).…”

The use of particle size distribution integrated with consistency limits for experimentally simulating fine-grained sedimentary units

“…The movement aspects of sediments, such as deposition and transport, are essentially pertinent to the particle size (Cheng and Liu 2015 ). Many sedimentological and hydromorphic studies (van B Weaver and Stone 1980 ; Edmonds and Slingerland 2010 ; Beierle et al 2002 ; Caldwell and Edmonds 2014 ; Zhu et al 2014 ; Allen et al 2015 ; Allen et al 2017 ; Feng et al 2017 ; Zhang et al 2017 ; Gammoudi et al 2019 ; Azidane et al 2021 ) have attempted to identify the sedimentation process and the hydromorphic evolution through using and modeling sediment types and their particle size. Hence, the basic framework of sediment is fundamentally portrayed by the particle grain size (PSD) and mineralogical composition.…”

“…Reconstructing the entire PSD curve elements of the sedimentary unit, is a step forward towards better characterizing the sediment type experimentally for important geoscience purposes. Engineering geology and geotechnical purposes oftentimes study the physical and mechanical properties behaviors of sediments, in addition to the sedimentological applications that are interested in interpretations of the depositional conditions related to the statistical parameters of the particle sizes (including median, standard deviation (sorting), and skewness) (Blott and Pye 2001 ; Yang et al 2009 ; Azidane et al 2021 )..…”