Geochemical multifractal distribution patterns in sediments from ordered streams

Geoderma

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-46

  Xie, Shuyun ^a,b   Cheng, Qiuming ^a,b   Xing, Xitao ^b   Bao, Zhengyu ^a   Chen, Zhijun ^a,b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Method of moments; Multifractal inverse distance weighted interpolation; Stream sediment

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY RECOGNITION; DIFFERENT SCALE; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALY; GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION; GEOCHEMICAL VARIABLES; INHOMOGENEITIES; INVERSE DISTANCE-WEIGHTED INTERPOLATION; MULTI FRACTALS; MULTI-FRACTAL SPECTRUM; MULTIFRACTAL DISTRIBUTION; MULTIFRACTAL MODELS; MULTIFRACTAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMETALLIC; RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS; SELF-SIMILARITIES; SOUTHWEST CHINA; STREAM NETWORKS; STREAM SEDIMENTS; TRANSPORT BEHAVIOR;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BARIUM; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COPPER DEPOSITS; FRACTALS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GOLD; HYDRAULICS; INTERPOLATION; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); METHOD OF MOMENTS; MINERAL RESOURCES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; TIN;

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS;

FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HEAVY METAL; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHINA; XIZANG;

EID: 77954844544     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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