Research Article

Spatial Distributions of Humic Substances and Evaluation of Sediment Organic Index on Lake Dalinouer, China

Table 5

Classification of sediments based in standard organic indexes.

Organic indexGradeType

<0.05IClean
≥0.05–<0.20IIRelative clean
≥0.20–<0.50IIISlight pollution
≥0.50IVPollution