Geological sediment provenance analysis and display system
US11287548B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 19, 2018 |
| Grant date | Mar 29, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 4, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V2210/665
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Analysis and display of source-to-sink information according to some aspects includes grouping geochronological data associated with a sediment sample into optimized subpopulations within a reference population and target populations, and producing Gaussian functions for the reference population and the target populations using the subpopulations as a priori constraints. The Gaussian functions describe a distribution of zircons. The subpopulations within the reference population and the target populations are compared based on at least one statistical attribute from the Gaussian functions to identify areas of sediment provenance, and the areas of sediment provenance are displayed in various ways, for example, on a paleographic map as of an age of deposition of the sediment sample. A sink-to-sink analysis can also be performed to identify dissimilarities between samples.
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