New approach to geochemical measurement: Estimation of measurement uncertainty from sampling, rather than an assumption of representative sampling

Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 293-304

  Ramsey, Michael H ^a   Boon, Katy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytical bias; Fitness for purpose; Measurement uncertainty; Sampling; Uncertainty estimation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL BIAS; CHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS; CURRENT DIVISION; FIELD SAMPLING; FITNESS-FOR-PURPOSE; GEOCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MEASUREMENT PROCESS; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; NEW APPROACHES; RELIABLE DECISION; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLING; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICALS; ESTIMATION; HEALTH; MEASUREMENTS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 78649670079     PISSN: 16394488     EISSN: 1751908X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2010.00104.x     Document Type: Article

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