El-Ella, R.A.Coleman, J.M.Sedimentology2010-02-152010-02-151985http://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/19594p. 743-748.Grain-size analyses were performed on 84 samples from six environments in the Burdekin River Delta, NE Queensland, Australia. The data were subjected to a stepwise discriminant function analysis and canonical analysis which showed that the grain-size characteristics of the sediments are sufficiently distinctive to distinguish the six different environments of deposition. The resulting reference set was then tested by plotting the grain-size characteristics of 66 samples from different environments of the Mississippi River Delta, Louisiana, and Galveston Island, Texas. 74% of the North American samples were correctly classified.geologysedimentssediment analysissedimentationArticle