A quantitative analysis for the provenance of dune sand in the Hulun Buir Sandy Land: Application of stepwise discriminant analysis to the granulometric data

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 189-196

  Han, Guang ^a   Zhang, Guifang ^b   Yang, Wenbin ^c  

^a HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Inner Mongolia Academy of Forestry Science   (China)

Author keywords

Dune sand; Fluvial sand sediments; Granulometric analysis; Hailar formation; Hulun Buir Sandy Land; Stepwise discriminant analysis (SDA)

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DUNE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 4143092450     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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