Particle size distribution of desert pavement and desert mound
soils from Area 1l (results expressed in percentage by weight)
Table 2.
Soil Depth (cm)
Size Range
(um)
0 - 2.5
Ax
> 2000
2.5 - 5.0
Bx
5.0 - 7.5
7.5 - 10.0
B
A
B
A
B
18.40
0.81
2.33
1.19
2.98
1.59
5.58
3.69
2000-840
3.94
1.59
2.19
1.90
2.47
1.52
2.78
2.84
840-250
30.13
132.74
129.42
26.72
|27.94
24.35
27.34
26.23
250-125
29.22
}42.22
127.52
40.81
124.69
37.64
29.62
31.66
125- 53
13.75
{16.60
{13.22
21.51
112.68
22.47
13.79
16.09
53- 20
3.36
2.65
3.82
3.59
3.67
3.85
3.39
3.99
20-
5
2.37
0.86
|10.93
1.72
$11.09
3.12
11.10
6.08
5-
2
0.62
0.41
4.56
0.82
6.38
1.90
4.16
4.88
0.67
0.47
4.23
1.13
5.00
1.98
3.84
3.20
102.46
|98.35
198.52
99.39
|96.90
98.42
1101.60
98.66
< 2
Total
*A refers to desert pavement; B
refers to desert mound.