Intercomparison of boron isotope and concentration measurements. Part II: Evaluation of results

Geostandards Newsletter

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-57

  Gonfiantini, Roberto ^a   Tonarini, Sonia ^a   Gröning, Manfred ^b   Adorni Braccesi, Alessandra ^a   Al Ammar, Assad S ^c   Astner, Marcus ^d   Bächler, Sebastien ^d   Barnes, Ramon M ^c   Bassett, Randy L ^e   Cocherie, Alain ^f   Deyhle, Annette ^g   Dini, Andrea ^a   Ferrara, Giorgio ^a   Gaillardet, Jérôme ^h   Grimm, Judith ^d   Guerrot, Catherine ^f   Krähenbühl, Urs ^d   Layne, Graham ⁱ   Lemarchand, Damien ^h   Meixner, Anette ^j   Northington, D Jack ^k   Pennisi, Maddalena ^a   Reitznerová, Eva ^c   Rodushkin, Ilia ^l   Sugiura, Naoji ^m   Surberg, Regina ^g   Tonn, Sabine ^j   Wiedenbeck, Michael ^j   Wunderli, Samuel ⁿ   Xiao, Yingkai ^o   Zack, Thomas ^p   more..

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e Geochemical Technologies Corporation   (United States)

^f Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières   (France)

^g GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^h INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

ⁱ WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^j GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^k West Coast Analytical Services   (United States)

^l LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

ⁿ Eidgenössische Materialprüfungs und Forschungsanstalt   (Switzerland)

^o QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

^p MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

Boron concentration; Boron isotopes; Intercomparison of measurements; Reference materials

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864345841     PISSN: 01505505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2003.tb00711.x     Document Type: Article

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