Benford's law applied to hydrology data-results and relevance to other geophysical data

DOI10.1007/s11004-007-9109-5zbMath1155.86322OpenAlexW2100369046MaRDI QIDQ2425822

Steven J. Miller, Mark J. Nigrini

Publication date: 7 May 2008

Published in: Mathematical Geology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11004-007-9109-5

zbMATH Keywords

data integritypower law exponenthydrographic statisticshydrometric statisticsstreamflow analysis

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geostatistics (86A32)

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