Abstract
Soil is a substantial resource and displays adaptable physical, chemical, mineralogical, hydrological and geochemical properties. Particle size is a fundamental analysis procedure for soils, and pedological and paleopedological analysis. In view of this particle size distribution of soil samples were conducted and analysed for 10 locations in Maiduguri, Nigeria by sieving technique. Their sand, silt, and clay contents were determined. The distribution of particle size influences the moisture retention and transmission properties of soils. The overall result showed that the soil in Maiduguri is predominantly sand having low moisture retention and high permeability. This study at higher precision will be helpful for the textural management concerns all operations, practices and treatments used to protect soil and enhance its performance.
Highlights
Particle size is a fundamental analysis procedure for soils, and pedological and paleopedological analysis (Konen et al, 2003; Lindbo et al, 2008)
For the sake of completeness, Particle size distribution characteristics of these locations are presented in Figures 1 – 10
4.0 Conclusion The particle size distribution of soil samples were conducted for 10 locations in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria by sieving technique
Summary
Particle size is a fundamental analysis procedure for soils, and pedological and paleopedological analysis (Konen et al, 2003; Lindbo et al, 2008). Its distributions provide fundamental information for rock characterization and geological process description in earth sciences, including sedimentology, stratigraphy, structural geology, pedology, and volcanology (Storti and Balsamo, 2010). The need for classification of soil particles according to their sizes granularity divided into intervals that are called grain size category. There are several classification systems based on differently defined thresholds granularity intervals. The clay (0-2 μm), silt (2-50μm) and sand (50-2000 μm), are three texture fraction which are commonly used to characterize the soil particle distribution of fine soil (< 2 mm) by classifying it into a soil texture class according to a soil texture triangle (Vandecasteele, and De Vos, 2001)
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