Dravin , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) Ternary plots (aka Triangle plots) have three axes rotated and layered on top of each other. So when you get a point like this: https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/cdb79dca-ab2a-4838-b9e3-f61e90683d69.jpeg You read it as 50% of the way up the clay direction: https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/52001dbf-2cc2-4197-9da1-576f4c3a0ae0.jpeg 30% of the way up the sand direction: https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/036b63c2-70d2-44c1-80cc-8935706ba465.jpeg 20% of the way up the silt direction: https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/0c4f5312-ccfd-4d78-9876-cfc8cc3c7b0a.jpeg So it is 50% clay, 30% sand, and 20% silt.
Ternary plots (aka Triangle plots) have three axes rotated and layered on top of each other. So when you get a point like this:
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/cdb79dca-ab2a-4838-b9e3-f61e90683d69.jpeg
You read it as 50% of the way up the clay direction:
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/52001dbf-2cc2-4197-9da1-576f4c3a0ae0.jpeg
30% of the way up the sand direction:
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/036b63c2-70d2-44c1-80cc-8935706ba465.jpeg
20% of the way up the silt direction:
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/0c4f5312-ccfd-4d78-9876-cfc8cc3c7b0a.jpeg
So it is 50% clay, 30% sand, and 20% silt.