Statistical evaluation of stream sediment geochemistry in interpreting the river catchment of high-grade metamorphic terrains

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 103, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 97-114

  Ranasinghe, P N ^a,b   Fernando, G W A R ^c   Dissanayake, C B ^d   Rupasinghe, M S ^e   Witter, D L ^b  

^a Geological Survey and Mines Bureau   (Sri Lanka)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^e SABARAGAMUWA UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Discriminant function analysis; Metamorphic terrain; Stream geochemistry

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; CHANNEL SLOPE; CLIMATIC ZONE; DISCRIMINANT FUNCTION ANALYSIS; ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; KRUSKAL; LITHOLOGICAL CHANGES; LOCAL SCALE; LOCAL VARIATIONS; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; METAMORPHIC TERRAIN; METAMORPHIC TERRAINS; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; REGIONAL SCALE; RIVER BASINS; RIVER CATCHMENT; RIVER COURSE; SRI LANKA; STATISTICAL EVALUATION; STREAM GEOCHEMISTRY; STREAM SEDIMENTS; TECTONIC HISTORY; WET ZONES;

CATCHMENTS; CHEMISTRY; FUNCTION EVALUATION; LITHOLOGY; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MORPHOLOGY; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATERSHEDS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

CATCHMENT; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TRACE ELEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 70349928657     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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