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Energy-Dispersive XRF Analysis of Intact Salt Drill Cores

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

R. J. Arthur
Affiliation:
Pacific Northwest Laboratory Richland, Washington 99352
J. C. Laul
Affiliation:
Pacific Northwest Laboratory Richland, Washington 99352
N. Hubbard
Affiliation:
Battelle Memorial Institute Columbus, Ohio 43201
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Several kilometers of drill core are sometimes obtained when the geology of a particular area is explored. The cores are visually inspected and a limited number of samples are taken for laboratory analysis. Accurate chemical analyses are usually performed on only a small number of core sections because of the expense involved. A chemical profile along the core may provide useful information not available by any other means. This information may be of primary value for geological investigations or it may provide an additional basis for selecting samples for detailed laboratory analyses.

Type
VI. XRF Applications: Mineralogical, General
Copyright
Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1984

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