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Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

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Journal of Sedimentary Petrology
Vol. 38 (1968)No. 2. (June), Pages 675-679

A Comparison of Two Methods of Quantitative Mineralogical Analysis of Sedimentary Rocks: NOTES

M. J. Kaye (2), A. C. Dunham (3), D. M. Hirst

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An attempt is made to assess the relative merits of quantitative X-ray Previous HitdiffractionNext Hit analyses and optical modal analyses of sedimentary rocks. Chemical analyses of S and CO2 enable a direct check of the accuracy of total carbonate and sulphide determinations, while indirect methods based on correlation coefficients are used to check the analyses for total clay minerals. It is concluded that quantitative X-ray Previous HitdiffractionNext Hit provides the most reliable mineralogical abundance data.


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