ISSN:
1573-8868
Keywords:
factor analysis
;
sedimentology
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Geosciences
,
Mathematics
Notes:
Abstract Factor analysis using promax oblique rotation was used in a study of fluvioglacial sediments of Late Weichsilian (Wurm) age. The use of oblique rotation allowed a more realistic interpretation of the factors and understanding of relationships between sedimentsize classes. At the second-order level, two factors are operatable, one producing variations in the coarse-size range, the other in the fine-size range. The factors are uncorrelated and mutally unrelated. At the first-order level are six factors, four representing aspects of the second-order factor of coarse size and two representing the fine size. The factor producing the variation in the coarse size is the most important one. At the lowest level in the hierarchy scale are the individual size variables. Results show that the number of factors required to account for the variation in a sediment-size data set is a function of the scale at which the problem is examined.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02311719
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