MINLITH - An experience-based algorithm for estimating the likely mineralogical compositions of sedimentary rocks from bulk chemical analyses

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 647-661

  Rosen, Oleg M ^a   Abbyasov, Ali A ^b   Tipper, John C ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b Institute of the Lithosphere of Marginal Seas   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mineralogical compositions; Modes; Norms; Petrochemistry; Sedimentary petrology

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPOSITION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; OXIDES; SEDIMENTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS; MODAL COMPOSITIONS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

ALGORITHM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MINERALOGY; SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY; SEDIMENTARY ROCK;

EID: 3142744656     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2004.03.011     Document Type: Article

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