Table 2 Comparison of grain size parameter results measured by different instruments.

From: A comprehensive grain-size database of surface sediments from the Taklamakan Desert

Instrument I

Instrument II

Mean grain size

Sorting

Skewness

Kurtosis

Mean grain size

Sorting

Skewness

Kurtosis

MZ (φ)

σI (φ)

SkI

KG

MZ (φ)

σI (φ)

SkI

KG

1.765

0.615

0.165

1.130

1.770

0.622

0.175

1.155

2.650

0.838

0.026

0.899

2.648

0.842

0.026

0.898

2.290

0.764

0.122

1.007

2.309

0.773

0.125

1.008

2.554

0.936

0.156

0.900

2.565

0.936

0.155

0.895

3.632

0.572

0.001

0.955

3.642

0.569

0.011

0.956

2.502

0.791

0.080

0.943

2.510

0.790

0.081

0.942

3.513

0.852

āˆ’0.214

1.397

3.512

0.859

āˆ’0.218

1.409

3.194

0.521

āˆ’0.011

0.956

3.201

0.519

āˆ’0.010

0.954

3.189

0.989

āˆ’0.339

1.329

3.204

0.974

āˆ’0.330

1.323

2.433

0.684

āˆ’0.014

0.941

2.439

0.681

āˆ’0.012

0.940

2.555

1.012

āˆ’0.023

0.813

2.564

1.012

āˆ’0.024

0.813

2.749

0.790

āˆ’0.109

0.963

2.752

0.800

āˆ’0.111

0.963

2.773

0.692

āˆ’0.027

0.956

2.776

0.689

āˆ’0.024

0.952

2.800

0.587

āˆ’0.033

0.950

2.807

0.586

āˆ’0.033

0.951

2.760

0.570

0.002

0.950

2.758

0.570

0.002

0.950

2.688

1.254

āˆ’0.310

0.723

2.690

1.262

āˆ’0.300

0.726

3.216

1.146

āˆ’0.363

1.942

3.230

1.122

āˆ’0.351

1.922

3.063

0.846

āˆ’0.163

1.037

3.064

0.846

āˆ’0.162

1.037

2.053

1.209

0.328

0.838

2.077

1.232

0.327

0.828

2.822

0.604

āˆ’0.033

0.958

2.825

0.603

āˆ’0.032

0.958

3.736

0.673

0.136

1.047

3.741

0.676

0.140

1.054

2.811

0.639

āˆ’0.059

0.967

2.807

0.649

āˆ’0.062

0.966

2.789

0.621

0.002

0.945

2.787

0.625

āˆ’0.001

0.947

1.896

0.692

0.052

0.943

1.925

0.697

0.049

0.942

3.375

0.559

āˆ’0.012

0.947

3.379

0.558

āˆ’0.010

0.946

2.520

0.971

0.063

0.856

2.523

0.975

0.060

0.857

3.383

1.027

āˆ’0.116

1.214

3.402

1.029

āˆ’0.098

1.231

2.936

0.468

āˆ’0.005

0.960

2.935

0.469

āˆ’0.005

0.960

2.961

0.635

āˆ’0.022

0.949

2.958

0.636

āˆ’0.021

0.949

2.567

0.802

āˆ’0.166

1.020

2.565

0.808

āˆ’0.173

1.023