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Others just paid top dollar for well-sorted material.

From Slate • Apr. 5, 2019

The littoral zone, better known as the beach, consists of highly weathered, homogeneous, well-sorted sand grains made mostly of quartz.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

Unconsolidated gravels, highly fractured and dissolved rocks, and well-sorted sandstones have high hydraulic conductivities.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

Primary porosity tends to be higher in well-sorted sediments compared to poorly sorted sediments, where there is a range of smaller particles to fill the spaces made by the larger particles.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015