Apertured nonwoven materials and methods for their formation

The present disclosure is generally directed to partially selectively apertured nonwoven material, which forms part of a disposable absorbent article. The nonwoven material comprises a layer of bicomponent fibers and a plurality of the layer formed of bicomponent fibers openings. Each opening has a major axis and a minor axis. Each major axis is greater than any minor axis. Each major axis has a length greater than about 1.5 mm and less than about 10 mm, and each minor axis has a length greater than about 0.4 mm and less than about 1.25 mm. The nonwoven material has a basis weight of less than 25 g / m The layer of bicomponent fibers has an effective open area that is greater than about 3%, but less than about 30%. The openings have an opening area greater than about 0.5 mm