Calibration of a point-counting technique for estimation of biogenic silica in marine sediments
Pudsey, C. J.. 1993 Calibration of a point-counting technique for estimation of biogenic silica in marine sediments. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 63 (4). 760-761. 10.2110/jsr.63.760
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The simple technique of point counting is very quick and is suitable for shipboard use, or in any study where high accuracy is not necessary. Point-counting smear slides yields results different from measurements of weight-percent silica if there are systematic differences in shape and density of biogenic and terrigenous grains. In this note I present calibration curves for synthetic biogenic-terrigenous mixtures, to show how the accuracy of point counting may be improved.
Item Type: | Publication - Article |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | 10.2110/jsr.63.760 |
ISSN: | 1527-1404 |
Date made live: | 11 Oct 2017 10:52 +0 (UTC) |
URI: | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/518021 |
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