IAGC and IAEA interlaboratory comparisons of geothermal water chemistry: The propagation of uncertainty in the reservoir pH calculation

Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 317-330

  Verma, Mahendra P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES ELÉCTRICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bias; Geothermal waters; GUM; Interlaboratory comparison; pH calculation; Propagation of uncertainty; Uncertainty of measurements

Indexed keywords

EID: 53249122961     PISSN: 16394488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2008.00832.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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