Quantitative models of sediment generation and provenance: State of the art and future developments

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 280, Issue , 2012, Pages 4-20

  Weltje, Gert Jan ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Compositional linear model; Linear mixing model; Sediment generation; Sediment provenance; Simulation; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVITY; COMPOSITIONAL VARIABILITY; COMPOSITIONAL VARIATION; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; COUPLED EVOLUTION; DATA REQUIREMENTS; FORWARD MODELS; INVERSE MODELLING; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTIONS; LINEAR MIXING MODELS; LINEAR PROCESS; MATHEMATICAL FRAMEWORKS; MULTIPLE SOURCE; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PETROGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; PETROGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES; QUANTITATIVE APPROACH; QUANTITATIVE MODELS; SEDIMENT COMPOSITION; SEDIMENT PROPERTIES; SEDIMENT PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SELECTIVE MODIFICATION; SIMULATION; SOURCE AREA; SOURCE TO SINKS; STATE OF THE ART; SURFACE PROCESS; TEXTURAL EVOLUTION;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MIXING; MODELS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STATISTICS; WEATHERING;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

MINERALOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PETROGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEATHERING;

EID: 84867984089     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2012.03.010     Document Type: Review

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