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The gstat program retrieves sediment sample data and identifiers from raw data files, calculates standard textural parameters, and outputs the results to a pre-database file and hard copy. It analyzes size distribution, statistics, percentages of different particle sizes, and textural classification for each sample. The program was written in C and runs on Windows, taking input and producing output files along with any diagnostic messages. It was created by Janet Fredericks and Larry Poppe at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and U.S. Geological Survey.

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The gstat program retrieves sediment sample data and identifiers from raw data files, calculates standard textural parameters, and outputs the results to a pre-database file and hard copy. It analyzes size distribution, statistics, percentages of different particle sizes, and textural classification for each sample. The program was written in C and runs on Windows, taking input and producing output files along with any diagnostic messages. It was created by Janet Fredericks and Larry Poppe at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and U.S. Geological Survey.

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NAME: gstat

PURPOSE: To retrieve sediment analyses and the corresponding identifiers from


the sorted raw data files and compute standard textural
parameters.

SYNOPSIS: gstat file_name.out <file_name.fin >file_name.txt

Alternately, using the provided script file: dogstat file_name

DESCRIPTION: This version, which was written in “c” and compiled with DJGPP
(v. 2.01), will run under Windows 95/98 in the BornAgainShell
(Bash). For each sample, the 200-micron tube Coulter data, 30-
micron tube Coulter data, coarse fraction data, and the sample
identifiers are retrieved from the sorted raw data file (file_name.fin)
produced by the program JSORT. From these data, the program
calculates the textural distributions (cumulative and frequency
percentages); statistics (method of moments and inclusive
graphics; Folk, 1974); percentages gravel, sand, silt, and clay; and
the textural classification. Output is a digital pre-database file
(Figure 1) and a hard copy (Figure 2). A header file has been
inserted as the first record in the pre-database file to show the field
attributes and their order. Size nomenclature and the grade scale
are based on the method proposed by Wentworth (1929; Figure 3);
the classification scheme is modified from the one proposed by
Shepard (1954; Figure 4).

DIAGNOSTICS-BUGS: A message is displayed which notifies user as each


sample is retrieved. During the inclusive graphics analyses, some
distributions cause the last frequency percent to be beyond
100.0%. This will cause a message to be displayed, which may be
ignored. But user should always "eye-ball" the data for any
apparent error(s). If the input file is out-of-sequence a message will
be displayed. This will be in reference to the sample after the last
successfully retrieved sample.

Other messages, such as core dumped, etc., come from gross


errors in input. In such a case, the input file should be carefully
scanned.

AUTHOR/MAINTENANCE: Janet J. Fredericks, Woods Hole Oceanographic


Institute (WHOI), Woods Hole, MA 02543/Larry Poppe, U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS), Woods Hole, MA 02543

U.S. Geological Survey Woods Hole Science Center Woods Hole, MA 02543
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FIGURE 1

Data file produced by the computer programs GSTAT and GSTATM and used as
input for the computer program CLAYES2K. Fields are delimited by commas;
records are delimited by dollar signs. A header file has been inserted as the first
record to show the field attributes and their order.

U.S. Geological Survey Woods Hole Science Center Woods Hole, MA 02543
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FIGURE 2

Hard copy of a data record produced by the computer programs GSTAT and
GSTATM. Hard copy shows sample identifiers, size distribution, method of
moments and inclusive graphics statistics, and verbal equivalents.

U.S. Geological Survey Woods Hole Science Center Woods Hole, MA 02543
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FIGURE 3

Correlation chart showing the relationships between phi sizes, millimeter


diameters, size classifications (Wentworth, 1922), and ASTM and Tyler sieve
sizes. Chart also shows the corresponding intermediate diameters, grains per
milligram, settling velocities, and threshold velocities for traction.

U.S. Geological Survey Woods Hole Science Center Woods Hole, MA 02543
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FIGURE 4

Sediment classification scheme modified from Shepard (1954) used by the


programs GSTAT, GSTATM, and GSSTAT.

U.S. Geological Survey Woods Hole Science Center Woods Hole, MA 02543

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