Optimizing a standard preparation procedure for grain size analysis of marine sediments by laser diffraction (MS-PT4SD: Marine sediments-pretreatment for size distribution)

Grain size distributions are a key physical measurement in marine sediment studies. The introduction of laser diffraction spectrometry analyzers a few decades ago, allowed the differentiating of grain size in higher resolution than before, and led to increased volumes of samples analyzed overall. However, pretreatment of the sediment samples is required for obtaining high quality results by this method. Currently there are different …