A Visual Basic program to plot sediment grain-size data on ternary diagrams
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2007-11-07Metadata
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https://hdl.handle.net/1912/2241As published
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2007.03.019DOI
10.1016/j.cageo.2007.03.019Keyword
Software; Program; Visual Basic; Data processing; Ternary diagrams; Sediment; PlottingAbstract
Sedimentologic datasets are typically large and compiled into tables or databases, but pure numerical information can be difficult to understand and interpret. Thus, scientists commonly use graphical representations to reduce complexities, recognize trends and patterns in the data, and develop hypotheses. Of the graphical techniques, one of the most common methods used by sedimentologists is to plot the basic gravel, sand, silt, and clay percentages on equilateral triangular diagrams. This means of presenting data is simple and facilitates rapid classification of sediments and comparison of samples.
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This paper is not subject to U.S. copyright. The definitive version was published in Computers & Geosciences 34 (2008): 561-565, doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2007.03.019.
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