Investigation of the Structure of Geological Process through Multivariate Statistical Analysis—The Creation of a Coal

• Published in: Mathematical geosciences Vol. 40; no. 7; pp. 789 - 811
• Main Authors: Drew, Lawrence J., Grunsky, Eric C., Schuenemeyer, John H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.10.2008; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Chemistry and Earth Sciences; Coal; Computer Science; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Geochemistry; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; Hydrogeology; Multivariate analysis; Physics; Statistical analysis; Statistics for Engineering; Multivariate analysis; Coal geochemistry; Identification of a coal-forming process; Centered logratio (clr) transformation; Compositional data

The purpose of this study was to capture the structure of a geological process within a multivariate statistical framework by using geological data generated by that process and, where applicable, by associated processes. It is important to the practitioners of statistical analysis in geology to det...