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A modification of Burger's phi‐normal approximation for the moments of grain‐size data
Author(s) -
BEAUDOIN YVES
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
sedimentology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.494
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1365-3091
pISSN - 0037-0746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3091.1980.tb01194.x
Subject(s) - interpolation (computer graphics) , mathematics , mathematical analysis , geology , physics , classical mechanics , motion (physics)
This paper gives a modification of Burger's method of approximation for the moments of grain‐size data. It is shown that formal integration can be carried out in conjunction with Burger's phi‐normal interpolation scheme. This approach obviates Burger's recourse to a discrete numerical integration procedure because exact integration yields a computationally more efficient approximation formula for the moments.