Komatiite wits-1, low concentration noble metal standard for the analysis of non-mineralized samples

Geostandards Newsletter

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 267-276

  Tredoux, Marian ^a,c   McDonald, Iain ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001603276     PISSN: 01505505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.1996.tb00188.x     Document Type: Article

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