The Australian National Groundwater Data Transfer Standard

Skewness

Domain for skewness DESCRIPTION of RESULT entity              
References              
Boggs, S. Jr. 1995, Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, 2nd edn. Prentice Hall NJ, 774pp.              
Qualifier 1: minimum skewness value            
Qualifier 2: maximum skewness value            
Note:              
Attribute Code Parent Category Synonyms Description Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2
skewness KC   coarse skewed negatively skewed sediment grainsize distribution has a tail of excess coarse particles -0.3 -0.1
skewness SN   near symmetrical   sediment has a symmetrical grainsize distribution -0.1 0.1
skewness KF   fine skewed positively skewed sediment grainsize distribution has a tail of excess fine particles 0.1 0.3
skewness KFS   strongly fine skewed   sediment grainsize distribution has a large tail of excess fine particles 0.3  
skewness KCS   strongly coarse skewed   sediment grainsize distribution has a large tail of excess fine particles   -0.3
skewness UNK   unknown   skewness of sediment is unknown    

 

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