packing density

A measure of the extent to which the grains of a sedimentary rock occupy the gross volume of the rock in contrast to the spaces between the grains; equal to the cumulative grain-intercept length along a traverse in a thin section.

Related terms:

• packing proximity
• packing
• dislocation density
• snow density
• Density Logs
• drainage density
• atmospheric density
• density channel
• density altitude
• critical density