Reconstructing paleoecology and paleoenvironmental variables using factor analysis and regression: Some limitations

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 205-217

  Loubere, Paul ^a   Qian, Hui ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Microfossils; Paleoenvironmental analysis; Regression

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FORAMINIFERA; PALAEOECOLOGY; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION; PALAEOENVIRONMENTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; RECONSTRUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0030850510     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(97)00002-9     Document Type: Article

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