Published August 1976 | Version v1
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A subdivision of the upper Witwatersrand system based on the statistical analysis of trace element data

  • 1. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (South Africa). Nuclear Physics Research Unit

Description

Some 71 samples were collected from the Upper Witwatersrand System; from below the Jeppestown Shales to the Upper Kimberley Conglomerates. A total of 74 samples plus standards were analyzed in duplicate for 26 elements; a total of 4000 determinations. A multivariate segmentation technique was developed and applied to the data. All the main stratographic features were succesfully identified. Samples could be back classified with an accurucy of 75% to the 7 segments identified, but this was increased to over 80% for the 3 most significant segments

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Publishing Information

ISBN
0 85494 437 0
Imprint Pagination
45 p.
Report number
NPRU--77/4

INIS

Country of Publication
South Africa
Country of Input or Organization
South Africa
INIS RN
8343173
Subject category
S58: GEOSCIENCES;
Descriptors DEI
ACCURACY; ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; CONGLOMERATES; ELEMENTS; EXPLORATION; GEOLOGY; IRRADIATION; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTS; SHALES; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; TECTONICS; WITWATERSRAND
Descriptors DEC
AFRICA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MOUNTAINS; ROCKS