fisherB8: B.8 Orientations of pebbles

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B.8 Orientations of pebbles

Description

Horizontal axes of 100 outwash pebbles fromo a late Wisconsin outwash terrace along Fox river, near Cary, Illinois

Usage

data(fisherB8)
data(fisherB8c)

Format

fisherB8 a vector of 100 observations (in degrees). fisherB8c contains the same observations in a circular objects.

Source

Mardia, K.V. (1972) Statistics of Directional Data. London: Academic Press. Table 1.6 adapted from Krumbein W.C. (1939) Preferred orientations of pebbles in sedimentary deposits. J. Geol. 47, 673-706.

See Also

N.I. Fisher (1993) Statistical analysis of circular data. Cambridge University Press. Pag. 243.

Examples

data(fisherB8c)
plot(fisherB8c, stack=TRUE, shrink=1.5)

circular documentation built on Sept. 11, 2024, 8:21 p.m.