Comparison between heavy metal concentrations in sediments analysed by two methods: Analyses on detection limits and data quality

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1737-1745

  Zhang, Chaosheng ^a   O'Connor, Patrick ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b Geological Survey of Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; COBALT; DATA REDUCTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEAVY METALS; NEUTRONS;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; DATA QUALITY; MINERAL PHASES; SCATTER PLOTS;

SEDIMENTS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETECTION METHOD; HEAVY METAL; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

EID: 23844434711     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2005.03.003     Document Type: Article

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