A perspective on the evolution of geoanalytical techniques for silicate rocks

Geostandards Newsletter

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-68

  Potts, Philip J ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Future developments; Geoanalytical techniques; Microbeam techniques; Review; Trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002249988     PISSN: 01505505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.1998.tb00545.x     Document Type: Article

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