Research Article
Analysis of the Particle Characteristics of Aeolian Sand in Yulin Area, China
Table 5
Mineral composition of Aeolian sand with four particle sizes.
| Grain size (mm) | Percentage of minerals | Quartz | Plagioclase | Potassium feldspar | Calcite | Dolomite | Chlorite | Illite stone | Siderite | Amphibole |
| 0.5–1.0 | 64.4 | 20.2 | 12.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | | 0.25–0.5 | 53.8 | 28.2 | 16.6 | | 0.9 | | 0.5 | | | 0.075–0.25 | 54.2 | 31.8 | 9.7 | 0.3 | 1.1 | | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | <0.075 | 51.4 | 30.9 | 9.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 3.0 | | 2.3 |
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