Chapter 18 Statistical Analysis of High-Resolution Heavy Mineral Stratigraphic Data from the Ordovician of Western Ireland and its Tectonic Consequences

Developments in Sedimentology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2007, Pages 465-489

  Ryan, Paul D ^a   Mange, Maria A ^b   Dewey, John F ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

high resolution heavy mineral data; MANOVA; preservation of anchimetamorphic terranes; principal components analysis; South Mayo Trough; Spearman's; statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349166827     PISSN: 00704571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-4571(07)58018-0     Document Type: Review

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