Suite versus composite statistics

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 125, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 225-234

  Balsillie, James H ^a   Tanner, William F ^b  

^a Florida Geological Survey   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal sands; Granulometry; Kurtosis; Skewness; Standard deviation; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

GRANULOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033133954     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(99)00005-6     Document Type: Article

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