International Proficiency Tests for Analytical Geochemistry Laboratories: An assessment of accuracy and precision in routine Geochemical analysis

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 417-423

  Balaram, V ^a   Gnaneshwara Rao, T ^a   Anjaiah, K V ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Analytical geochemistry; Applied geochemistry; ICP MS; Microwave dissolution; Pure geochemistry; REE; Trace elements; Z score

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; GEOCHEMISTRY; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; LABORATORY METHOD;

EID: 0032863392     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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