A model for calculating the errors of 2D bulk analysis relative to the true 3D bulk composition of an object, with application to chondrules

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1162-1175

  Hezel, Dominik C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

2D; 3D; Bulk analysis; Mathematica; Modeling; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

BULK CHEMICAL COMPOSITION (BCC); CHONDRULES; STANDARD DEVIATION;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PETROLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

METEORITES;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEORITES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PETROLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHONDRULE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 34447527317     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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