Mathematical approach to sedimentary component partitioning of polymodal sediments and its applications

Progress in Natural Science

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 381-382

  Sun, Donghuai ^a,b   An, Zhisheng ^a   Su, Ruixia ^b   Wu, Xihao ^a   Wang, Sumin ^a   Sun, Qiangli ^a   Rea, D K ^c   Vandenberghe, J ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Distribution function; Grain size components; Mathematical approach; Sediments

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; DUST; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SAND; SILT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AEOLIAN SEDIMENTS; DESERT SAND; DISTRIBUTION-FUNCTIONS; FINE DUSTS; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; GRAIN-SIZE COMPONENTS; GRAINSIZE; ITS APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL APPROACH; POLYMODAL SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENTS;

EID: 20444396438     PISSN: 10020071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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