Slot: particle_class

Particles are classified, based on their size, into six general categories:clay, silt, sand, gravel, cobbles, and boulders; should include amount of particle preceded by the name of the particle type; can include multiple values

URI: mixs.vocab:particle_class

Domain and Range

None -> _OPT String

Parents

• is_a: environment field

Children

Used by

• Sediment
• SedimentME
• SedimentMIGSBacteria
• SedimentMIGSEukaryote
• SedimentMIGSOrg
• SedimentMIGSPlant
• SedimentMIGSVirus
• SedimentMIMAG
• SedimentMIMARKSSpecimen
• SedimentMIMARKSSurvey
• SedimentMISAG
• SedimentMIUVIG

Other properties

Aliases:		particle classification
Mappings:		MIXS:0000206
Comments:		Expected value: particle name;measurement value
		Preferred unit: micrometer
		Occurrence: m
		Position: 1.0
		This field is used uniquely in: sediment
Examples:		Example(value=’’, description=None)