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Wide Area Networking of XRF Generated Geochemical Data in a National Geological Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

T. K. Smith
T. K. Smith*
Affiliation:
British Geological Survey London WC1X 8NG United Kingdom
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A previous paper by this author (1984) described the evolution of XRF analysis in the British Geological Survey. More recent developments are described here, with particular reference to wide-area networking. Since the Survey was founded in 1835 it has been to a large extent concerned with the amassing of data. In most cases the information is permanently retained, in contrast to some other applications where the data are stored only temporarily. The result of this permanent storage is that a very large database has been created and continues to grow at an increasing rate, partly as the result of extension of the terms of reference to include the continental shelf. Another reason is that geochemical, geophysical and geotechnical information is now included, and automated methods of measurement and data capture now exist.

Type
V. XRF Applications; Fuels and Lubricants, Metals and Alloys, Geological, Heavy Element, Other
Information
Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 30: Thirty-Fifth Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 4-8, 1986 , 1986 , pp. 281 - 284
Copyright
Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1986

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References

Smith, T.K., A versatile XRF. nalytical system for geochemical exploration and other applications, Adv. X-Ray Anal, 27: 481 (1984)Google Scholar