Method Details
Georef Number: 2007-900087

Technique: WDXRF

Institution: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY - DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS

Material: WHOLE ROCK              Mineral: none

Method Comment:
XRF analyses were performed by D. Blatter and T. Teague using a SpecTrace 440 X-ray Spectrometer on powdered samples fused with lithium tetraborate flux. Standards were several natural lavas, including U.S.G.S. standards. Average uncertainties of one standard deviation based on replicate analyses are equal to the following percentages of the amounts present: SiO2 (0.2%), TiO2 (0.8%), Al2O3 (0.3%), FeOt (0.5%), MnO (1.7%), MgO (1.3%), CaO (1.2%), Na2O (3.9%), K2O (1.8%), and P2O5 (4.6%). Where reported, FeO and Fe2O3 by titration

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2007-900087 Z-177 DETAILS IGNEOUS VOLCANIC INTERMEDIATE BASALTIC-ANDESITE
2007-900087 Z-239C DETAILS IGNEOUS VOLCANIC MAFIC BASALT
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2007-900087 Z-238 DETAILS IGNEOUS VOLCANIC INTERMEDIATE BASALTIC-ANDESITE
2007-900087 Z-107 DETAILS IGNEOUS VOLCANIC INTERMEDIATE BASALTIC-ANDESITE
2007-900087 Z-133 DETAILS IGNEOUS VOLCANIC INTERMEDIATE ANDESITE
2007-900087 Z-228 DETAILS IGNEOUS VOLCANIC INTERMEDIATE BASALTIC-ANDESITE
2007-900087 Z-176A DETAILS IGNEOUS VOLCANIC INTERMEDIATE BASALTIC-ANDESITE
2007-900087 MAS-907 DETAILS IGNEOUS VOLCANIC INTERMEDIATE ANDESITE
2007-900087 MAS-910 DETAILS IGNEOUS VOLCANIC FELSIC DACITE
2007-900087 Z-371 DETAILS IGNEOUS VOLCANIC INTERMEDIATE BASALTIC-ANDESITE