Inter-instrument comparison of particle-size analysers

Sedimentology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1157-1174

  Roberson, Sam ^a   Weltje, Gert Jan ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORTHERN IRELAND   (United Kingdom)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Analytical precision; Differentiation power; Laser diffraction; Log ratio analysis; Particle size distribution

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ANALYTICAL PRECISION; LASER DIFFRACTIONS; LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; LOG-RATIO ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCES; PARTICLE-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; REPLICATE MEASUREMENTS;

INSTRUMENTS;

NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECISION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SEDIMENTATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84900558017     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sed.12093     Document Type: Article

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