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Distinction Between Tills and Other Diamictons Based on Textural Characteristics
Paulo M. B. Landim, Lawrence A. Frakes
Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)
... outwash deposits. Discriminant functions utilizing mean, standard deviation, skewness, and kurtosis also separate the three types of sediment. As a test...
1968
Depositional Environment of the St. Peter Sandstone Deduced by Textural Analysis
E. J. Amaral, W. A. Pryor
Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)
...-developed bimodality. Significant regional and stratigraphic variations were observed in mean and maximum grain size, sorting, and skewness, consistent...
1977
Grain-Size Statistics II: Evaluation of Grouped Moment Measures
Davis Swan , John J. Clague, John L. Luternauer
Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)
... deviation (), skewness (Sk), and kurtosis (K) are calculated as (Agterberg, 1974, p. 164-168): =
1979
Grain-Size Statistics I: Evaluation of the Folk and Ward Graphic Measures
Davis Swan, John J. Clague, John L. Luternauer
Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)
...% of the distribution. The respective skewness and kurtosis values are only weakly related, indicating that the graphic measures respond erratically to significant...
1978
Significance of Statistical Parameters for Distinguishing Sedimentary Environments in New South Wales, Australia
John R. Hails
Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)
..., Australia, shows that if sediments are polygenetic in origin, skewness is the only parameter that can distinguish beach, barrier and dune sands...
1967
Application of Logarithmic Moments to Size Frequency Distributions of Sediments
W. C. Krumbein
Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)
..., and simple division in -terms. Thus, such measures as Trask's sorting coefficient and skewness (Trask, P. D., Origin and environment of source...
1936
Results of a Census of Utah Geologists
J. M. Hummel, Richard Chojnacki
Utah Geological Association
... curve in the twenty-five to fifty age group, but overall a marked skewness toward youth is indicated. The experience distribution curve (fig. 2) also...
1969
The Method of Moments: DISCUSSION
Chester K. Wentworth
Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)
... for skewness, the two methods are identical and involve the same computations. Wentworth took the point of view that for the use of geologists the method...
1936
The Interpretation of Grain Size Distribution Curves of Clastic Sediments
Derek W. Spencer
Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)
... the logarithm of the grain size when computing the statistics of a grain size distribution. While the use of a logarithmic scale removes the skewness from...
1963
Hierarchical Analysis of Variance of Shelf Sediment Texture: NOTES
James C. Kelley, Dean A. McManus
Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)
...) skewness, and (i) kurtosis. No gravel was sampled. All textural analyses were made by wet seiving the sand fraction and sizing the silt and clay...
1970
Evaluation of a Conceptual Model for the Transverse Sediment Transport System of a Coastal Barrier Chain, Middle Atlantic Bight
Gerald L. Shideler
Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)
... permitted derivation of the four moment measures (mean, standard deviation, skewness, kurtosis). The moment measures served as the basis...
1973
Recognition of Fluvial Environments in the Biyadh-Wasia Sandstones (Lower-Middle Cretaceous) as Revealed by Textural Analysis
Mohamed A. Moshrif
Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)
...), standard deviation (I), skewness (SKI), and kurtosis (KG) have been calculated from the cumulative curves, using the formulae devised by Folk and Ward...
1980
Grain-Size Characteristics of Sediment Transported During Dust Storms
W. G. Nickling
Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)
... positive skewness, which results from the selective removal of surface particles small enough to be transported by the wind at a given velocity...
1983
Depositional Environments and Sedimentary Processes in Chile Trench: ABSTRACT
Todd M. Thornburg, L. D. Kulm
AAPG Bulletin
..., mean size, sorting, skewness); individual sheet flows can be identified and studied spatially. Skewness is consistently positive; the mode is perhaps...
1983
Abstract: Mudstone Aggregates and their Implications for Sedimentology and Reservoir Characteristics, by Laycock, Dallin P.; Pedersen, Per; Spencer, Ronald; #90163 (2013)
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Sedimentation-erosion Cycles of Single Tidal Periods on Long Island Sound Beaches
Ervin G. Otvos, Jr.
Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)
... negative skewness (SKG=-0.68-+0.26) than the fine ones. The depth of the disturbance of the foreshore surface sediments by tidal erosion was found...
1965
The Use of Grain Size Statistics to Distinguish Between High- and Moderate-energy Beach Environments
Karl F. Nordstrom
Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)
... gram. Grain size statistics for the mean (Mz), standard deviation (I), skewness (SKI), and kurtosis (KG), were obtained using Folk s graphic method (Folk...
1977
Empirical Conversion Equations for Thin-Section and Sieve Derived Size Distribution Parameters
J. A. Harrell, K. A. Eriksson
Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)
... standard deviation, inclusive graphic skewness, graphic skewness, and graphic kurtosis. The correlation coefficients for each of these are respectively...
1979
Mechanical Analysis of Some Bottom Deposits of the Northern Red Sea
N. M. Shukri, R. A. Higazy
Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)
..., and the coefficient of skewness Sk and its logarithm log Sk (8, pp. 229 ff.) were calculated from the cumulative curves. The weight percentages...
1944
Continental Shelf Sediments of Long Island, New York
Thomas F. Mckinney , Gerald M. Friedman
Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)
...; skewness, in general, is slightly positive. Standard deviation values for the middle shelf sands class them as moderately sorted; both negative...
1970
ABSTRACT: Age and formation of oceanic basement beneath the Colombian and Venezuelan Basins: magnetic anomaly evidence
Hall, S.A, Ghosh, N., Casey, J.F. and Burke, K. C.
Geological Society of Trinidad & Tobago
... of the triple junction has been determined from the skewness of magnetic anomalies as 20-30 0 either N or S depending on the identification of the seafloor...
1995
Abstract: Seasonal Analysis of Beach Sedimentation on the South Texas Coast
Richard A. Davis, Jr.
GCAGS Transactions
... temporal variation. Skewness shows a wide temporal variation throughout the entire study area. Beach morphololgy also varies throughout the area...
1976
Grain-Size Characteristics of Linear Dunes in the Southwestern Kalahari: DISCUSSION
David S. G. Thomas, H. Elizabeth Martin
Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)
... of statistical parameters. Lancaster identifies trends in the relationships between mean grain size and both sorting and skewness and between sorting...
1987
Some Aspects of Lower Godavari River and Delta Sediments, India: ABSTRACT
A. S. Naidu, C. Borreswara Rao
AAPG Bulletin
... of sorting increases progressively along the river course; skewness changes from positive to negative while kurtosis remains constant. These changes...
1965
Quantitative Approach to Nature and Areal Variability of Fold Geometry: ABSTRACT
E. H. T. Whitten
AAPG Bulletin
... scalars include direction cosines of the principal axes, kurtosis and skewness of the cos ^Thgr values, and the ratio of profile length to wave length...
1966