Stoops and Jongerius (1975) differentiated five characteristic types (e.g., fabrics) of soil and palustrine deposits based on coarse (c) and fine (f) or clay particles: monic, gefuric, cithonic, enaulic, and porphyric. The c/f related distribution is therefore the relationship between ground mass (matrix) and a general framework of coarser components (e.g. grains, aggregates). The different descriptions of the classifications, however, are not mutually exclusive:
– cithonic c/f-related distribution : A distribution where fine-grained material forms a wrap over the coarser skeletal components. Any orientation of the clay particles in the wrap or cover are not considered important in the definition.
– enaulic c/f-related distribution : A distribution where there is a framework of grain- supported skeletal components with partial infillings of fine grained materials and pore spaces.
– gefuric c/f-related distribution : The distribution involves fine-grained material connecting coarser components, where coarse material is not in direct contact with other coarse components.
– monic c/f-related distribution : This distribution consists of predominantly one size group, including all ground mass, amorphous material or skeletal components.
– porphyric c/f-related distribution : The distribution of generally coarse components within a ground mass of fine-grained material.