Alternative interpretations of grain-size data from quaternary deposits

Geologos

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 189-203

  Mycielska DowgiaŁŁo, Elzbieta ^a   Ludwikowska Kedzia, MaŁgorzata ^b  

^a The Family Alliance School of Higher Education   (Poland)

^b JAN KOCHANOWSKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cumulative curves; Frequency curves; Grain size distribution; Quaternary deposits; Textural parameters

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855573760     PISSN: 14268981     EISSN: 20806574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10118-011-0010-9     Document Type: Article

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