Pilot studies for the North American Soil Geochemical Landscapes Project - Site selection, sampling protocols, analytical methods, and quality control protocols

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1357-1368

  Smith, David B ^a   Woodruff, Laurel G ^a   O'Leary, Richard M ^a   Cannon, William F ^a   Garrett, Robert G ^b   Kilburn, James E ^a   Goldhaber, Martin B ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTABLE LIMIT; ACID DIGESTION; ANALYTICAL METHOD; DETECTION LIMITS; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA-ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL CHARACTERIZATION; MINERAL PHASIS; NORTH AMERICAN; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; PILOT STUDIES; PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS; QUALITY CONTROL PROTOCOL; SAMPLING PROTOCOL; SIZE FRACTION; SOIL ENZYMES; US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BARIUM; CALCIUM; CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CESIUM; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CHROMIUM; FATTY ACIDS; GALLIUM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MERCURY (METAL); METAL REFINING; MINING; NIOBIUM; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDES; PETROLEUM REFINING; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; QUANTUM THEORY; RUBIDIUM; SCANDIUM; SEPARATION; SILVER; SITE SELECTION; SODIUM; SOILS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; TIN; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ZINC;

QUALITY CONTROL;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPOSITE; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GEOCHEMISTRY; LOGISTICS; SAMPLING; SITE SELECTION; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67651154148     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2009.04.008     Document Type: Article

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