A preliminary study of soil analysis of Sonmiani, Gadani and Kund Malir coasts of District Lasbela, Balochistan, Pakistan
The purpose of the soil analysis is to study the beach characteristics ofdifferent coasts of Balochistan. Three sites Sonmiani, Gadani and Kund Malir wereselected. The Gaddani coast is known as sandy cum rocky shore, Sonmiani as sandy cummuddy shore while Kund Malir is sandy. Three different stations were selected on eachsite for sampling. At each station, five different samples were collected. At all three sites,the amount of medium and fine sand showed greater amount and very fine sand depictedlesser. The results showed that soil samples collected from three coasts mostly havehighest fraction of find sand and lowest portions of very fine sand. At Sonmiani the soilcomposition is fine sand and very fine sand as compared to Gadani where the soil is offine sand and medium sand and at Kund Malir the soil is of fine sand along with mediumsand but very fine sand also present.
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
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| Format: | article biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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2015
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| Subjects: | Earth Sciences, Sonmiani, Gadani, Kund Malir, soil analysis, Balochistan, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/40797 |
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