QGrain: An open-source and easy-to-use software for the comprehensive analysis of grain size distributions | |
Liu, Yuming1,2; Liu, Xingxing1,3; Sun, Youbin1,3 | |
通讯作者 | Liu, Yuming(liuyuming@ieecas.cn) |
2021-09-01 | |
发表期刊 | SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY |
ISSN | 0037-0738 |
卷号 | 423页码:17 |
摘要 | In the last hundred years, analyses of grain size have been widely performed, and numerous powerful tools have been published. The unmixing of grain size distributions is a popular topic in recent research. As one kind of decomposition method, single-sample unmixing (SSU) is usually regarded as not genetically meaningful with another unmixing method, end-member modeling analysis (EMMA), although it is still widely used. Some recent studies have noted that EMMA also has limits, and different EMMA algorithms may yield various results. However, no research has discussed the similarities and differences between EMMA and SSU and provided objective conclusions regarding their ranges of application. In this study, a detailed discussion is given regarding the similarities and differences of these methods based on the corresponding mathematical models, and detailed explanations of their features are presented based on numerical optimization and information theory. In addition, the ranges of application are objectively constrained, and we suggest that SSU may have greater potential, although the corresponding fitting process is more complex and difficult. We also highlight the importance of a comprehensive analysis. Traditional methods and geological settings are also important for the interpretation of grain size distributions. An easy-to-use software for the comprehensive analysis of grain size distributions called QGrain is introduced; it not only integrates many traditional analysis tools but also provides new high-performance EMMA and SSU algorithms. Compared to other EMMA algorithms, our EMMA algorithm exhibits outstanding performance. Furthermore, our SSU algorithm can overcome the shortcomings of the traditional method and can compete and collaborate with EMMA algorithms. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
关键词 | Grain size analysis Grain size distribution End-member modeling analysis Single-sample unmixing |
DOI | 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2021.105980 |
关键词[WOS] | CHINESE LOESS ; LAKE-SEDIMENTS ; LEVEL STATUS ; COMPONENT ; CLASSIFICATION ; ENVIRONMENTS ; TRANSPORT ; ALGORITHM ; QINGHAI ; PACKAGE |
收录类别 | SCI ; SCI |
语种 | 英语 |
资助项目 | National Key Research and Development Program of China[2016YFA0601902] ; National Science Foundation for Young Scientists of China[41807425] |
WOS研究方向 | Geology |
项目资助者 | National Key Research and Development Program of China ; National Science Foundation for Young Scientists of China |
WOS类目 | Geology |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000695175500003 |
出版者 | ELSEVIER |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://ir.ieecas.cn/handle/361006/16998 |
专题 | 古环境研究室 第四纪科学与全球变化卓越创新中心 |
通讯作者 | Liu, Yuming |
作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Earth Environm, State Key Lab Loess & Quaternary Geol, Xian 710061, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Earth & Planetary Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, CAS Ctr Excellence Quaternary Sci & Global Change, Xian 710061, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Liu, Yuming,Liu, Xingxing,Sun, Youbin. QGrain: An open-source and easy-to-use software for the comprehensive analysis of grain size distributions[J]. SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY,2021,423:17. |
APA | Liu, Yuming,Liu, Xingxing,&Sun, Youbin.(2021).QGrain: An open-source and easy-to-use software for the comprehensive analysis of grain size distributions.SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY,423,17. |
MLA | Liu, Yuming,et al."QGrain: An open-source and easy-to-use software for the comprehensive analysis of grain size distributions".SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY 423(2021):17. |
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