Why, and How, Should Geologists Use Compositional Data Analysis/References

Used in this text

 * Aitchison, J, 2003 (2nd ed.). The statistical analysis of compositional data. The Blackburn Press, Caldwell, NJ (USA). 435 p. ISBN 1-930665-78-4.
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Suggested web links
3rd Compositional Data Analysis Workshop

http://ima.udg.edu/Activitats/CoDaWork08/

Bias arising from missing data in predictive models

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Compositional Data Analysis and Zeros in Micro Data.

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Compositional Time Series: Past and Present

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Homepage of "compositions", an R package for compositional data analysis.

http://www.stat.boogaart.de/compositions/

Modeling Zeroes in Microdata.

http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/sciruslink?src=rpc&url=http%3A%2F%2Fideas.repec.org%2Fa%2Ftaf%2Fapplec%2Fv33y2001i3p383-92.html

New Features of CoDaPack. An User-friendly Compositional Data Package

http://ima.udg.edu/Activitats/CoDaWork05/CD/Session5/ThioHenestrosa-Tolosana-Gomez.pdf

Tectonic discrimination of basalts with classification trees.

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Santiago Thió Fernández de Henestrosa.

http://ima.udg.edu/~thio/

Simcluster: clustering enumeRation gene expression data on the simplex space

http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/sciruslink?src=arx&url=http%3A%2F%2Farxiv.org%2Fabs%2Fq-bio%2F0703007

Some numerical considerations in the geochemical analysis of distal microtephra

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Statistical empirical index of chemical weathering in igneous rocks: A new tool for evaluating the degree of weathering

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