Reference Samples of Rocks - The Search for "Best Values" |
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| Authors: | SYDNEY ABBEY RA MEEDS PG BELANGER |
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| Institution: | Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Canada K1A 0E8 |
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| Abstract: | Because of the disparate data, reported in collaborative analyses of reference samples of rooks, various methods have been proposed for deriving "best values". This work compares those methods and several additional ones. Included are two simplified estimates of "mode" which yield values close to those of the Dominant Cluster and Gamma Transformation methods. An example is also cited of the hazards that may result from too superficial reading of raw data. |
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