GMD: Geometric Mean Diameter
In SoilFDA: Fractal Dimension Analysis of Soil Particle Size Distribution

GMD	R Documentation

Geometric Mean Diameter

Description

The function computes the geometric mean diameter of particle size distribution

Usage

GMD(Mass, Size)

Arguments

`Mass`	Numerical vector containing the mass of each particle size class
`Size`	Numerical vector containing the average of each particle size class

Value

Geometric Mean Diameter

References

Perfect E, Rasiah V, Kay BD. (1992). Fractal Dimension of soil aggregate size distributions calculated on number and mass. Soil Science Society of America Journals, 56: 1407.

Examples

data <- data.frame(Mass = c(15.1,28.9,11.3,14.6,7.9,22.2),
                   Size = c(0.053,0.1765,0.4,1.25,3.375,4.75))
attach(data)
GMD(Mass = Mass, Size = Size)

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