History and evaluation of national-scale geochemical data sets for the United States

Geoscience Frontiers

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 167-183

  Smith, David B ^a   Smith, Steven M ^a   Horton, John D ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochemical baselines; Geochemical mapping; National scale geochemical data; United States

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DATA SET; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL HORIZON;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874116833     PISSN: 16749871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2012.07.002     Document Type: Review

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