Sedimentary particles smaller than sand particles, but larger than clay particles
A rock fragment or mineral particle with a diameter of 1/16 mm to 1/256 mm, smaller than a very fine sand grain and larger than coarse clay
Soil particles having diameters between 0 004 and 0 062 mm (millimeters) Sometimes they may be too small to be trapped by the circulation system In those cases, a clarifier or an alum product may be needed
1 Particles between 0 05 and 0 002 mm diameter, or a soil textural class 2 Mineral particles that range in diameter from 0 02 to 0 002 mm in the International System, or 0 05 to 0 002 mm in the USDA system
Fine particles of sand or rock that can be picked up by the air or water and deposited as sediment
Fine particles of soil suspended or deposited in water and streams, usually from upstream erosion
– Soil inorganic particles in the 0 002-0 02 mm size range, smaller than sand but larger than clay Silt, which washes off the land into a body of water, can settle out of the water and smother benthic organisms such as oysters
As a soil separate, individual mineral particles that range in diameter from the upper limit of clay (0 002 millimeter) to the lower limit of very fine sand (0 05 millimeter) As a soil textural class, soil that is 80 percent or more silt and less than 12 percent clay
A sedimentary material composed of fine mineral particles intermediate in size between sand and clay
{i} fine particles of sand and other earthy matter which are carried and deposited by water