Selenium concentrations in twenty-six geological reference materials: New determinations and proposed values

Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 249-259

  Savard, Dany ^a   Bédard, L Paul ^a   Barnes, Sarah Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compilation; Geological reference materials; INAA; Proposed values; Selenium; Thiol cotton

Indexed keywords

EID: 66549089388     PISSN: 16394488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2009.00003.x     Document Type: Article

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