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World wide intercomparison of trace element measurements in marine sediments SD-M-2/TM

Abstract

The accurate and precise determination of trace elements in marine sediments is an important aspect of geochemical studies of the marine environment and for assessing the levels and pathways of marine pollutants. Past intercomparison studies conducted by the Marine Environment Laboratory of IAEA (formerly the International Laboratory of Marine Radioactivity) have focussed upon near-shore marine sediments where trace metal contamination is frequently observed. The present exercise was designed to study a typical oxidised deep-sea sediment characterized by a preponderance of fine particle clays. Analysis of such material is a routine matter for most geochemists but represents a ``baseline sample`` for marine pollution chemists. The present exercise represented a unique opportunity for chemists worldwide to intercompare their analytical methodologies for deep-sea sediments. By statistically examining the data from this study, the material can be certified for future use as a reference material - apparently the only one of its kind available throughout the world. 6 refs, figs and tabs.
Publication Date:
Sep 01, 1991
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
IAEA-AL-053; IAEA-MEL-49.
Reference Number:
SCA: 540230; 540300; PA: AIX-23:014309; SN: 92000646703
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Sep 1991
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; SEDIMENTS; INTERLABORATORY COMPARISONS; ISOTOPE RATIO; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; IAEA; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; SEAWATER; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; 540230; 540300; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS MONITORING AND TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, AQUATIC
OSTI ID:
10114526
Research Organizations:
International Atomic Energy Agency, Monaco (Monaco). Marine Environment Lab.; United Nations Environmental Programme
Country of Origin:
IAEA
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE92614871; TRN: XA9130231014309
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS (US Sales Only); INIS
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
110 p.
Announcement Date:
Jun 30, 2005

Citation Formats

Mee, L D, and Oregioni, B. World wide intercomparison of trace element measurements in marine sediments SD-M-2/TM. IAEA: N. p., 1991. Web.
Mee, L D, & Oregioni, B. World wide intercomparison of trace element measurements in marine sediments SD-M-2/TM. IAEA.
Mee, L D, and Oregioni, B. 1991. "World wide intercomparison of trace element measurements in marine sediments SD-M-2/TM." IAEA.
@misc{etde_10114526,
title = {World wide intercomparison of trace element measurements in marine sediments SD-M-2/TM}
author = {Mee, L D, and Oregioni, B}
abstractNote = {The accurate and precise determination of trace elements in marine sediments is an important aspect of geochemical studies of the marine environment and for assessing the levels and pathways of marine pollutants. Past intercomparison studies conducted by the Marine Environment Laboratory of IAEA (formerly the International Laboratory of Marine Radioactivity) have focussed upon near-shore marine sediments where trace metal contamination is frequently observed. The present exercise was designed to study a typical oxidised deep-sea sediment characterized by a preponderance of fine particle clays. Analysis of such material is a routine matter for most geochemists but represents a ``baseline sample`` for marine pollution chemists. The present exercise represented a unique opportunity for chemists worldwide to intercompare their analytical methodologies for deep-sea sediments. By statistically examining the data from this study, the material can be certified for future use as a reference material - apparently the only one of its kind available throughout the world. 6 refs, figs and tabs.}
place = {IAEA}
year = {1991}
month = {Sep}
}