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Table 2 Textural composition (%), mean-grain size (\(\Phi\)), sediment type, sorting (\(\Phi\)), water content (%), and shear strength (kPa) of core sediments from Mandol and Hajeon

From: The radius of influence of a combined method of in situ air sparging and soil vapor extraction in the intertidal sediments of Gomso Bay on the west coast of South Korea

Depth (cm)

Gravel (%)

Sand (%)

Silt (%)

Clay (%)

Mean-grain size (\(\Phi\))

Sediment type by Folk

Sorting (\(\Phi\))

Water content (%)

Shear strength (kPa)

Mandol

         

 0

0.00

99.83

0.17

0.00

1.60

S

0.85

4.69

0.5

 10

0.00

99.78

0.22

0.00

1.44

S

0.81

8.66

0.6

 20

0.00

99.89

0.11

0.00

2.16

S

0.52

18.20

0.8

 30

0.00

99.78

0.22

0.00

2.15

S

0.64

18.34

0.7

 40

0.00

99.9

0.10

0.00

1.99

S

0.76

18.43

1.2

 50

0.00

88.36

5.15

6.49

2.42

mS

1.62

19.85

1.2

 60

0.00

80.78

9.81

9.41

3.21

mS

2.16

16.88

1.5

 70

0.00

78.45

11.0

10.55

3.41

mS

2.30

15.79

2.3

Ave.

0.00

93.35

3.35

3.31

2.30

1.21

15.11

1.10

Hajeon

         

 0

0.00

53.89

26.45

19.66

4.44

mS

3.49

18.84

1.0

 5

0.00

60.69

28.07

11.24

3.32

zS

2.90

18.51

0.9

 10

0.00

45.77

37.59

16.64

4.62

sZ

3.39

19.93

1.5

 15

0.00

62.67

23.02

14.31

3.60

mS

3.18

23.47

1.8

 20

30.04

48.14

11.83

9.99

1.36

msG

3.90

19.98

1.8

 25

36.92

35.03

15.91

12.14

1.31

msG

4.51

17.86

3.0

Ave.

11.16

51.03

23.81

14.00

3.11

3.56

19.77

1.67

  1. Folk, sediment types (after Folk 1968)
  2. S sand, mS muddy sand, zS sility sand, sZ sandy silt, msG muddy sandy gravel; (g) sM slightly gravelly muddy sand, gM gravelly mud, mG muddy gravel