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Geological Survey of Canada
Open File 8256

Comparison of portable XRF spectrometry data obtained from sediment samples sieved to <74 µm and <63 µm

A.R.R. Landon-Browne, A.F. Bajc, R.D. Knight, and H.A.J. Russell

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Natural Resources, 2017

Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.4095/304242

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Landon-Browne, A.R.R., Bajc, A.F., Knight, R.D., and Russell, H.A.J., 2017. Comparison of portable XRF spectrometry data obtained from sediment samples sieved to <74 µm and <63 µm; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8256, 1 .zip file. https://doi.org/10.4095/304242

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Contents

This paper presents the findings of a comparative study on the geochemistry of <74 µm and <63µm sediment samples.  For this study twenty eight (28) unconsolidated sediment samples were processed at the OGS in Sudbury to <74 µm, and delivered to the GSC in Ottawa.  A split of the sample was sent to the GSC sedimentology laboratory to obtain the <63 µm size fraction. The amount of sediment in the 11 µm window between <74 µm and <63 µm ranged in increments from 1.68% to 16.72%. This research provides support for integration of two datasets on the respective samples sizes for a chemostratigraphic framework of Southern Ontario. 

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Readme.rtf
of_8256.pdf

pXRF Spectrometry column headings
Microsoft Word® file defining the column headings used in the .xlsx and .csv files

pXRF results.xlsx
This file contains a Microsoft Excel® workbook with four worksheets for sample analyses from the twenty eight unconsolidated sediment samples and standard reference materials used for data quality control. 

pXRF results 0.063 mm Mining Mode.csv
This file contains one worksheet for Mining Mode, in comma delimitated format for sample analyses from the twenty eight unconsolidated sediment samples and standard reference materials used for data quality control. 

pXRF results 0.063 mm Soil Mode.csv
This file contains one worksheet for Soil Mode, in comma delimitated format for sample analyses from the twenty eight unconsolidated sediment samples and standard reference materials used for data quality control.

pXRF results 0.074 mm Mining Mode.csv
This file contains one worksheet for Mining Mode, in comma delimitated format for sample analyses from the twenty eight unconsolidated sediment samples and standard reference materials used for data quality control. 

pXRF results 0.074 mm Soil Mode.csv
This file contains one worksheet for Soil Mode, in comma delimitated format for sample analyses from the twenty eight unconsolidated sediment samples and standard reference materials used for data quality control.

Soil and Mining Mode scattergrams
This Adobe acrobate® .pdf file graphically displays the comparison of geochemical analyses of the <0.063 mm size fraction to the <0.074 mm size fraction for the 28 samples analyzed. 

   

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R. Knight (ross.knight@canada.ca)
Geological Survey of Canada
601 Booth Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0E8

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