The bulk analysis of silicate rocks by portable X-ray fluorescence: Effect of sample mineralogy in relation to the size of the excited volume

Geostandards Newsletter

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-41

  Potts, Philip J ^b   Williams Thorpe, Olwen ^a   Webb, Peter C ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0002081603     PISSN: 01505505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.1997.tb00529.x     Document Type: Article

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