End-Member Modeling of Siliciclastic Grain-Size Distributions: The Late Quaternary Record of Eolian and Fluvial Sediment Supply to the Arabian Sea and Its Paleoclimatic Significance

Maarten A. Prins, Gert Jan Weltje

Special Publications of SEPM

... weighted least decomposition of X obtained from constrained approximations to the singular value Weltje 1994 1997a Because the true number squares...

Equilibrium of Form and Forces in Tidal Basins of Coast of Texas and Louisiana

W. Armstrong Price

AAPG Bulletin

... 5. The dispersions of the points are reasonably small in each graph, and statistical analysis by least squares shows that each satisfies the equation...

Overburden Rock, Temperature, and Heat Flow: Chapter 9: Part II. Essential Elements

David Deming

AAPG Special Volumes

... of 21.6°C/km was derived by a least-squares regression. The implicit supposition is that the regression line (Figure 9.4) is a more accurate...

Tests of Plate Tectonics: PART 2

A. A. Meyerhoff , Howard A. Meyerhoff

AAPG Special Volumes

... by A. Smith (1971) for various islands and peninsulas of the modern Mediterranean Sea violate the geology--absolutely. The least-squares fitting method...

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Chapter 14: Gravity, Seismic Reflection, and Tomographic Constraints on the Subduction-to-Strike-Slip Transition at the Southeastern Caribbean Plate Boundary Zone

Tricia G. Alvarez, Paul Mann, Carlos A. Vargas, Lesli J. Wood

AAPG Special Volumes

.... Q11004. Crosson, R. S., 1976, Crustal structure modeling of earthquake data: 1. Simultaneous least squares estimation of hypocenter and velocity...

Paleoenvironmental Isotope Geochemistry and Paragenesis of Lacustrine and Palustrine Carbonates, Flagstaff Formation, Central Utah, U.S.A.

Gabriel J. Bowen, Andrew L. Daniels, Brenda B. Bowen

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... with acetone. Five powder mixtures representing calcite/dolomite molar ratios between 0 and 1 were analyzed, and ordinary-least squares regression used...

Testing evolutionary dynamics on first lower molars of Pliocene Ogmodontomys (Arvicolidae, Rodentia) from the Meade Basin of southwestern Kansas (USA): A landmark-based approach

Federica Marcolini, Paolo Piras, Robert A. Martin

PALAIOS

..., USA. ROHLF, F.J., and CORTI, M., 2000, Use of two-block partial least-squares to study covariation in shape systematic biology: Systematic Biology...

Acquisition and Ananlysis of Wide-Angle Reflection and Refraction Seismic Data

Paul L. Stoffa

Circum Pacific Council Publications

.... In this analysis method, we assume traveltime trajectories of the form: 2 T = t 2 o 2 + X /V § 2 VRMS/VRMS) based on least squares T - X fits...

Resin-Based Nanocomposites Coated Proppants as Scale Inhibitor Carrier and Slowly Releasing Container

Ali Aref Ali Alzanam, Ali Samer Muhsan

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... diffusion models. The parameters of these models were determined using the least-squares linear regression approach. Table 3 describes the linearization...

Assessment of Rate Normalization and Pressure Deconvolution Techniques to History-Match and Forecast Production of Tight-Oil Reservoirs Using a Physics-Based Rate-Time Model

Leopoldo M. Ruiz Maraggi, Larry W. Lake, Mark P. Walsh

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... cross-validation = initial condition = leave-one-out = least-squares = million = partial differential equation = R-squared (Pearson's correlation...

Porosity Variation in the Tensleep and its Equivalent the Weber Sandstone, Western Wyoming: A Log and Petrographic Analysis

J.E. Fox, P.W. Lambert, R.F. Mast, N.W. Nuss, R.D. Rein

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... for a sandstone having a matrix velocity of 18,000 ft/sec (5,486 m/sec) ( A t equivalent - 55.5 psec). The solid line is the least squares fit line...

Potential for carbon sequestration in the Hemlock Formation of the Cook Inlet basin, Alaska

Scott Pantaleone, and Shuvajit Bhattacharya

Environmental Geosciences (DEG)

...) regression technique rather than ordinary least squares (OLS) regression. The RMA regression is more appropriate than standard OLS regression when...

Controls On Lower-Coastal-Plain Valley Morphology and Fill Architecture

C. R. Mattheus, A. B. Rodriguez

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... linear regression (least squares fit; P < 0.0001), and tributary incised valleys plot along the same regression line as coastal-prism incised valleys...

Joint Spacings in Granitic Rocks of Eastern Kuala Lumpur Area, Peninsular Malaysia

Ng Tham Fatt

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... is calculated using the least squares method, and it is superimposed onto the bar charts (Fig. 7). The parameters a and b, and the coefficient of correlation (r...

Reflections on Geostatistics and Stochastic Modeling

D. E. Myers

AAPG Special Volumes

... maximum likelihood nor weighted least squares do a good of job of detecting the different components in a nested model (or even the need for one...

Borehole Electrical Images as a Reservoir Characterization Tool in the Merecure Formation, Guarico 13 Field, Eastern Venezuela

Helena Gamero, Carmen Contreras, Pieter Pestman, Akira Mizobe

Asociación Colombiana de Geólogos y Geofisicos del Petróleo (ACGGP)

...-yellow). 623 Figure 3. Diagram illustrating a dip computation. These are computed using a least-squares fit through a minimum of three selected...

Petrology of the Shelburne and Barrington Passage Plutons, Southern Nova Scotia

H. Dean Rogers, Sandra M. Barr

Atlantic Geology

... LaTour, Nova Scotia. B.Sc. Honours thesis, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia. YORK, D. 1969. Least squares fitting of a straight line...

Superposed Late Paleozoic thermal events in the southwestern Meguma Terrane, Nova Scotia

R. D. Dallmeyer, J. D. Keppie

Atlantic Geology

... University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia. YORK, D. 1969. Least squares fitting of a straight line with correlated errors. Earth and Planetary Science Letters...

Preservation of Autogenic Processes and Allogenic Forcings in Set-Scale Aeolian Architecture I: Numerical Experiments

Travis Swanson, David Mohrig, Gary Kocurek, Benjamin T. Cardenas, Matthew A. Wolinsky

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

..., and are found by a nonlinear least-squares fitting of an-exponential-growth-to-saturation model, , where the variables s and represent the time-series...

40Ar/39Ar and U-Pb mineral ages from the Brookville Gneiss: implications for terrane analysis and evolution of Avalonian basementŽ in southern New Brunswick

R. D. Dallmeyer, R. Doig, R. D. Nance, J. B. Murphy

Atlantic Geology

..., D. 1969. Least squares fitting o f a straight line with correlated errors. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 5, pp. 320-324...

Photogrammetry of sequence and bioherm morphology in the Paradox Formation, Utah, U.S.A.: A test of the coherence of Pennsylvanian (Moscovian) glacio-eustatic sea-level change

Elizabeth Allen Johnson, M. Elliot Smith, Gary L. Gianniny, Paul J. Umhoefer

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... in overlapping images, and uses a least-squares regression to calculate camera positions, from which high-resolution 3D models of the target object...

Origin of Transverse Faulting, Rocky Mountain Front Ranges, Canmore, Alberta

Ian W. Moffat,, John H. Spang

CSPG Bulletin

... least-squares cylindrical fold axes. End_Page 155------------------------ that transverse faults and minor reverse faults, as well as one...

The Rise and Fall of Eustasy

Christopher G. St. C. Kendall, Ian Lerche

Special Publications of SEPM

... is correct: the parameters are chosen to give a minimum least-squares mismatch to the crustal curve. The error limits of this method are not estimated...