Using field-portable XRF to assess geochemical variations within and between dolerite outcrops of Preseli, South Wales

Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 251-269

  Jones, Michael C ^a   Williams Thorpe, Olwen ^a   Potts, Philip J ^a   Webb, Peter C ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dolerites; Field portable X ray fluorescence; Geochemistry; Outcrop characterisation; South Wales; Statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646556608     PISSN: 16394488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908x.2005.tb00899.x     Document Type: Article

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