Normal and lognormal data distribution in geochemistry: Death of a myth. Consequences for the statistical treatment of geochemical and environmental data

Environmental Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1001-1014

  Reimann, C ^a   Filzmoser, P ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Exploratory data analysis; Geochemistry; Lognormal distribution; Median; Multivariate normal distribution; Non parametric methods; Normal distribution; Robust methods

Indexed keywords

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

LOGNORMAL DATA DISTRIBUTION; MULTIVARIATE NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NONPARAMETRIC METHODS;

EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY;

GEOCHEMISTRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034234410     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002549900081     Document Type: Article

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