On the special application of Thompson-Howarth error analysis to geochemical variables exhibiting a nugget effect

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 357-368

  Stanley, Clifford R ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distribution; Duplicates; Equant grain model; Error analysis; Normal; Nugget effect; Poisson distribution; Root mean square; Thompson Howarth

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS;

DISTRIBUTION; DUPLICATES; GRAIN MODELS; NORMAL; NUGGET-EFFECT; ROOT MEAN SQUARE; THOMPSON;

ERROR ANALYSIS;

ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOCHEMISTRY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33750891325     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-7873/06-111     Document Type: Article

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