Abstract:
This study was carried out at river and coastal area of Kerteh, Terengganu in order to
determine the sediment characteristic and soil texture. Sediment was collected twice
which is on 25-28 April 2010 and 23-25 October 2010. There are 20 sample was
collected using ponar grab which is 9 stations from coastal area and 11 stations from
river area. From the determination of sediment characteristic, mean, sorting and
kurtosis value at coastal river higher compare to the coastal area. The range of mean
value at river is -0.034 0 until 1.36 0. Meanwhile, the skewness value higher at
coastal area compare to skewness value at river area. Soil texture was determined the
percentage of sand silt and clay at every station. The percentage of sand higher if
compare to the percentage of silt and clay. Each station has variation of sediment
texture which is at river area most of the stations dominated by sandy clay while at
coastal area were dominated by sandy clay loam. Some stations consist of sandy clay
and sandy loam. There are some factors influence the grain size of sediment and also
the soil texture at each station. The factors was identify is the wave energy, wind and
also current. From that it can determine whether there is erosion or deposition process
at each station.
