Simplifying compositional multiple regression: Application to grain size controls on sediment geochemistry

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 577-589

  Tolosana Delgado, R ^a   von Eynatten, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comminution; Isometric log ratio transformation; R; Sedimentary petrology; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING PROCESS; CLAY FRACTIONS; COMPOSITIONAL DATA; CRYSTAL SIZE; DATA SETS; EUCLIDEAN SPACES; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; FINER GRAINS; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; GEOMETRIC CONCEPTS; GLACIAL SEDIMENTS; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN SIZE CONTROL; INNER PRODUCT; ISOMETRIC LOG-RATIO TRANSFORMATION; LIKELIHOOD RATIO TESTS; LINEAR RELATION; MAJOR OXIDES; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MOLAR PROPORTIONS; MULTIPLE REGRESSIONS; ORTHOGONAL SUBSPACES; PHYSICAL PROCESS; QUALITATIVE INFORMATION; R; REDUCTION OF DIMENSIONALITY; SAMPLE SPACE; SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY; SOURCE ROCKS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEP FUNCTIONS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CALCIUM; CLAY ALTERATION; CLAY MINERALS; CLAY PRODUCTS; DATA HANDLING; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; OXIDE MINERALS; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLOGY; QUARTZ; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; SILT; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION; SODIUM; SOIL MECHANICS; SPACE PLATFORMS;

WEATHERING;

ACCESSORY MINERAL; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; COMMINUTION; FELDSPAR; GRAIN SIZE; PHYLLOSILICATE; QUARTZ; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY;

EID: 77950841036     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2009.02.012     Document Type: Article

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