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DISCRIMINATING SOURCES OF MEDITERRANEAN MARBLES: A PATTERN RECOGNITION APPROACH
Author(s) -
MELLO E.,
MONNA D.,
ODDONE M.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
archaeometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1475-4754
pISSN - 0003-813X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4754.1988.tb00438.x
Subject(s) - neutron activation analysis , trace element , geology , mediterranean climate , mineralogy , trace (psycholinguistics) , multivariate statistics , pattern recognition (psychology) , artificial intelligence , geochemistry , computer science , archaeology , chemistry , geography , radiochemistry , machine learning , linguistics , philosophy
A computer‐based pattern recognition procedure has been applied to trace element data obtained from marble samples of different Mediterranean quarries. Nineteen elements, mostly hydromagmatic and rare earth elements were first determined by neutron activation analysis. These elemental concentrations are then used as the data for further multivariate analysis. The results indicate significant differences in chemical patterns of the marble sources.