PROJECT NAME:
Beach Sediment Analysis
CLIENT:
HDR, Inc.
SAMPLE ID:
BPE-T3
LOCATION:
Bolivar Peninsula East
BOLIVAR PENINSULA EAST
Transect 3
ASTM
MESH
PERCENT SHELL BY WEIGHT (BASED ON #10 SIEVE)
Toe of Dune
Mid Berm
Swash Zone
First Bar
Trough
Second Bar
RETAINED BY
#10
6.1
20.5
15.6
3.9
1.5
3.1
ASTM
MESH
% FINER BY WEIGHT AFTER REMOVING SHELL
Toe of Dune
Mid Berm
Swash Zone
First Bar
Trough
Second Bar
#10
99.4
83.4
93.7
98.8
98.2
99.0
#18
91.6
71.9
60.9
91.1
96.6
94.0
#35
76.0
60.6
43.8
83.1
95.7
89.8
#60
50.3
42.5
32.6
74.9
94.4
86.6
#70
37.6
32.1
26.6
69.6
92.5
84.1
#80
22.1
16.4
17.7
54.4
84.1
76.6
#100
7.4
5.7
6.5
31.1
52.3
58.3
#120
3.3
2.5
2.8
16.8
29.1
38.2
#170
0.9
0.7
1.0
3.1
3.3
4.4
#200
0.6
0.5
0.9
2.5
2.2
2.5
STATISTICS (EXCLUDING SHELL)
MEDIAN GRAIN
SIZE
(mm)
0.249
0.333
0.643
0.171
0.146
0.139
MEAN GRAIN
SIZE
(mm)
0.376
--
0.815
0.278
0.143
0.149
SORTING
(σ)
1.084
--
--
1.195
0.511
0.886
Munsell Color
Light Brown
Pale Brown
Yellowish
Brown
Yellowish
Brown
Yellowish
Brown
Yellowish
Brown
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
95
100
100
10
1
0.1
0.01
0.001
50
coarse
fine
coarse
medium
6
1620
1.5
4
200
PERCENT FINER BY WEIGHT
D100
D60
D30
0.193
0.205
0.232
0.147
0.126
D10
0.154
0.16
0.157
0.105
0.096
Depth
Classification
40
PI
Cc
Cu
GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION
GRAIN SIZE IN MILLIMETERS
COBBLES
GRAVEL
SAND
SILT OR CLAY
4
LL
PL
2.11
3.06
6.13
1.80
1.61
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.75
0.54
0.35
1.09
1.06
1
3/4
1/23/8 3
%Gravel %Sand
%Silt
%Clay
100
140
3
2
60
fine
U.S. SIEVE OPENING IN INCHES
U.S. SIEVE NUMBERS
HYDROMETER
BPE-T3-Toe of Dune
BPE-T3-Mid Berm
BPE-T3-Swash Zone
BPE-T3-First Bar
BPE-T3-Trough
6
81014
30
2
2
2
2
2
0.325
0.489
0.964
0.189
0.155
POORLY GRADED SAND
POORLY GRADED SAND
POORLY GRADED SAND
POORLY GRADED SAND
POORLY GRADED SAND
Depth
0.0'
0.0'
0.0'
0.0'
0.0'
0.0'
0.0'
0.0'
0.0'
0.0'
BPE-T3-Toe of Dune
BPE-T3-Mid Berm
BPE-T3-Swash Zone
BPE-T3-First Bar
BPE-T3-Trough
Specimen ID
Specimen ID
Project: Beach Sediment Analysis
Location: Bolivar Peninsula East, Texas
Number: G122361
Rock Engineering & Testing Lab. Inc
6817 Leopard Street
Corpus Christi, Texas 78409
Telephone: 361-883-4555
Fax: 361-883-4711
US_GRAIN_SIZE 1 G122361 BPE.GPJ US_LAB.GDT 8/22/22
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
95
100
100
10
1
0.1
0.01
0.001
50
coarse
fine
coarse
medium
6
1620
1.5
4
200
PERCENT FINER BY WEIGHT
D100
D60
D30
0.115
0.204
0.163
0.153
0.141
D10
0.093
0.155