What is it about?
This is a method to quantify small heterogeneities in a geological materials. Small chemical variations are common, but how different are they from one sample to another or for different locations within a sample.
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Why is it important?
For those who use reference materials, especially in microbeam techniques such as LA-ICP-MS, to quantify minute local variations can be important.
Perspectives
I am convinced that it is an important technique quantify small heterogeneities in geological samples. Such small heterogeneities could be used to better understand geological processes. Instead of heterogeneities being a nuisance included in average and standard deviation, it could be used to characterize a phenomenon.
Dr L. Paul Bedard
Universite du Quebec a Chicoutimi
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This page is a summary of: Spatial Geochemistry: A Characterisation of Heterogeneity in Reference Materials, Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, December 2013, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908x.2013.00255.x.
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