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Quantitative Analysis of Mineral and Energy Resources pp 37–56Cite as

Measurement, Sampling and Interpretation

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Petrogenesis of detrital sediments is a somewhat elusive exercise. Some of the difficulties which arise are concerned with the nature and kind of measurements performed; whereas others are inherent in the genetic processes which generate detrital sedimentary rocks. It is concluded that to elucidate the genesis of a typical detrial sediment it is necessary to obtain a sample set of events (including the tectonic background) which gave rise to the rock.

“In computability theory, the analysis of algorithms, led to the disclosure of incomputable functions — and confirmed the fact that there is no escape from Goedel’s undecidability, even for an idealized computing machine.”

Bernhard, 1969

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  1. Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Canada

    C. F. Chung

  2. Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Ottawa, Canada

    A. G. Fabbri

  3. Norwegian Institute of Technology, Trondheim, Norway

    R. Sinding-Larsen

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Griffiths, J.C. (1988). Measurement, Sampling and Interpretation. In: Chung, C.F., Fabbri, A.G., Sinding-Larsen, R. (eds) Quantitative Analysis of Mineral and Energy Resources. NATO ASI Series, vol 223. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4029-1_3

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