Silt definition

Silt means soil material that contains 80 percent or more silt and less than 12 percent clay.
Silt means a soil particle; this term also refers to a type of soil texture. As a soil particle, silt consists of individual rock or mineral particles in soils having diameters ranging from between 0.05 and 0.002 mm. As a soil texture, silt is soil that is comprised as approximately 80 percent or more silt particles and not more than 12 percent clay particles using the USDA soil classification system.
Silt means a particle size category consisting of mineral particles which are between

Examples of Silt in a sentence

  • Ft. $5.50 $184.80 20 Fabric Silt Fence, High Porosity 500.00 6.72% 33.60 Lin.


More Definitions of Silt

Silt means a soil particle; this term also refers to a type of soil texture. As a soil particle, silt consists of individual rock or mineral particles in soils having diameters ranging from between
Silt means dredged materials with a diameter of at least 31.25 and less than 62.5 micrometres.
Silt means streambed or streambank material with a diameter of less than0.1 mm;
Silt means streambed or streambank material with a diameter of less than 0.1 mm;
Silt means a particle size category consisting of mineral particles which are between 0.002 and 0.05 millimeters in equivalent spherical diameter. It also means a soil textural class having 80 percent or more of silt and 12 percent or less of clay, as shown in Section XI.C.1 (USDA Soil Textural Triangle).
Silt means an unconsolidated sediment composed predominantly of particles between 0.06 mm and 0.002 mm in diameter.
Silt means a soil particle; this term also refers to a soil texture. As a soil particle, silt consists of individual rock particles in soil having diameters ranging between 0.05 and 0.002 mm.