Talk:Grain size

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"Grain"

The usage of {{noredirect|Grain}} is under discussion, see talk:food grain -- 70.51.202.113 (talk) 05:46, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

Wentworth grain size chart

There is a small error in the chart. In the top left, where it relates the phi conversion, it gives the equation as "phi = log2(d in mm)", when it should be "phi = -log2(d in mm)". I don't think anything should be changed, as that's the actual chart, but I wanted it noted on the talk page for clarity. LordQwert (talk) 16:40, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

:Yup, that's an error from the USGS' [https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1195/htmldocs/images/chart.pdf original chart]. I've made a similar note on the images' page too. One day, perhaps, it can be fixed. +mt 22:44, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Should "particle size" be in the lead as a term for this article?

In the lede sentence, "particle size" is mentioned as another name for this concept/article. Yet there is a separate article specifically on particle size and is even listed as a separate term in the Granulometry sidebar. So should that part of the intro sentence be removed as an alternate term for "grain size"? – Lestatdelc (talk) 21:23, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Where should 'Sorting (sediment)' be linked to in this page?

The article in question: Sorting (sediment). It might help clarify the section.

I thought about it, but I'm not very familiar with the terminology, and I don't want to make an erroneous change. Adding a hyperlink to the section title feels a bit off. The French Wikipedia article references it as "Article connexe : Classement granulométrique." Would that be a subtitle of 'Related section: Sorting (sediment)'...? DylanLow108 (talk) 16:13, 29 May 2024 (UTC)