Estimating sampling errors for major and trace elements in geological materials using a propagation of variance approach

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 169-178

  Stanley, Clifford R ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Binomial distribution; Hypergeometric distribution; Poisson distribution; Sample preparation; Sampling error; Variance propagation

Indexed keywords

ERROR STATISTICS; ERRORS; GEOLOGY; MINERALS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SEDIMENTS; SPREADSHEETS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOLOGICAL MATERIALS; HYPERGEOMETRIC; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SAMPLING ERRORS; THEORETICAL APPROACH; VARIANCE DECOMPOSITION;

SAMPLING;

GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; MINERAL EXPLORATION; SAMPLING;

EID: 0038419964     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-7873/03-008     Document Type: Article

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