An inter-laboratory comparison of the electron probe microanalysis of glass geochemistry

Quaternary International

Volumn 34-36, Issue , 1996, Pages 229-241

  Hunt, John B ^a   Hill, Peter G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARISON; GEOCHEMICAL STANDARDIZATION; LABORATORY TEST; OBSIDIAN; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

EID: 0030407455     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1040-6182(95)00088-7     Document Type: Article

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