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Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

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Journal of Sedimentary Petrology
Vol. 24 (1954)No. 2. (June), Pages 123-127

Testing Graphical Methods of Grain-Size Analysis of Sandstones and Siltstones

R. A. Cadigan

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Graphical methods for the determination of Previous HitstandardNext Hit deviations of grain-size distributions have been proposed by Otto (1939) and Inman (1952). A mathematical test based on Students' "t" distribution is suggested for comparing computed Previous HitstandardNext Hit Previous HitdeviationNext Hit or other parameters of a grain-size distribution with those determined by graphical short-cuts. Differences between computed Previous HitstandardTop deviations and those determined by lnman's graphic method show a probability of less than 0.001 of occurring in a normal population. A slight modification of Inman's formula raises the probability to less than 0.05 but greater than 0.02.


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