Direct soil gypsum quantification via portable x-ray fluorescence spectrometry

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2071-2077

  Weindorf, David C ^a   Herrero, Juan ^b   Castañeda, Carmen ^b   Bakr, Noura ^c   Swanhart, Samantha ^d  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTION LIMITS; LABORATORY ANALYSIS; LABORATORY DATUM; LOG TRANSFORMATION; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; PORTABLE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; PORTABLE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRIES; SIMPLE LINEAR REGRESSION;

CALCIUM; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LABORATORIES; LINEAR REGRESSION; SOILS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

GYPSUM;

DATA SET; GYPSUM; LABORATORY METHOD; SPECTROMETRY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84891335911     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2013.05.0170     Document Type: Article

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