Numerical transformation of geochemical data: 1. Maximizing geochemical contrast to facilitate information extraction and improve data presentation

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-78

  Stanley, Clifford R ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Additivity; Constant variance; Data analysis; Geochemical contrast; Geochemistry; Normal distribution; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; DATA HANDLING; DATA MINING; DATA REDUCTION; ERRORS; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

ADDITIVITY; CONSTANT VARIANCE; GEOCHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS; GEOCHEMICAL CONTRAST; GEOCHEMICAL PATTERNS; MONOTONIC TRANSFORMATION; SUBSEQUENT DATA ANALYSIS; TRANSFORMATION;

METADATA;

DATA PROCESSING; GEOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 33344478147     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-7873/05-078     Document Type: Article

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