Sentence examples for moderately well sorted from inspiring English sources

However, the studied samples from the different wells show little variation in terms of framework grain composition and sorting, which largely ranges between moderately well sorted to well sorted.

Arkose, coarse sandstone (sedimentary rock composed of cemented grains 0.06 2 millimetres [0.0024 0.08 inch] in diameter) primarily made up of quartz and feldspar grains together with small amounts of mica, all moderately well sorted, slightly worn, and loosely cemented with calcite or, less commonly, iron oxides or silica.

This sample is characterized as red in color, medium grain size and moderately well sorted.

Sample SJ8 is also identified as medium-grained, moderately well sorted sandstone.

Sample SJ7 is described as coarse-grained, moderately well sorted sandstone.

Moderately well sorted medium (first mode of 2.4Φ) sand is found in water depths from 15 to 25 m.

f Clean, coarse-grained and moderately well-sorted sandstone of Maui-6 (2856 m).

c Clean, medium-grained and moderately well-sorted sandstone of Maui-5 (2875 m).

b Fine-grained and moderately well-sorted sandstone of Maui-5 (2830 m).

Where exposed, both are comprised of thick-bedded, boulder alluvium with several thick beds of moderately well-sorted sand.

Surface waves and currents that were generated by a storm of moderate intensity caused bed stresses that exceeded threshold stress for D50=0.02 cm, the median size of the moderately well-sorted bottom sediment, over a period of about 7 days.