The Statistical Stability of Quantitative Properties as a Fundamental Criterion for the Study of Environments
Robert L. Miller, Everett Claire Olson · The Journal of Geology · 1955
Studies of contemporary environments of sedimentation involve important properties which cannot be measured in the sedimentary rocks. Other properties of contemporary environments of sedimentation can be measured in the sedimentary rocks also, but change diagenetically with time. A third suite of properties remains relatively stable through time. This paper discusses criteria, based on statistical stability of descriptive parameters through time, for treatment of these three classes of measurements for any given property.