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The "sediment" category is used when the detail of grain size is not available, and thus the sediment can not be categorised. 


Sediment can include cobbles, pebbles, gravel, sand and mud or a combination of these.
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For reference, sediment is classified taking into account particles' size: 
Castle L. (personal communication, 22 February 2022)   


* gravel: 16-4 mm
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* coarse sand: 4-1 mm
* medium sand: 1-0.25 mm
* fine sand: 0.25-0.063 mm
* mud: less than 0.063 mm
 
Source:
 
European Environment Agency European, Topic Centre on Biological Diversity (2021).  "EUNIS habitat classification".  Retrieved from https://eunis.eea.europa.eu/habitats/425, accessed on 2022-02-17.
 
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The "sediment" category is used when the detail of grain size is not available, and thus the sediment can not be categorised.

Source:

Castle L. (personal communication, 22 February 2022)

Return to North Sea Sediments page.

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