Quantifying the chemical variability of a Precambrian diabase from south Jordan using stochastic techniques: A proposal

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 199-217

  Saffarini, Ghazi A ^a   Jarrar, Ghaleb H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Chemical variability; Quantification; Semivariogram; TAS diagram

Indexed keywords

DIABASE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; PRECAMBRIAN;

JORDAN;

EID: 0032446049     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(98)00079-1     Document Type: Article

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