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Stevns Klint Fish Clay (FC‐1): Preparation of, and Preliminary Results for, a Candidate Reference Material
Author(s) -
Gwozdz Rajmund,
Hansen Hans J.,
Rasmussen Kaare L.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
geostandards newsletter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1751-908X
pISSN - 0150-5505
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-908x.2001.tb00795.x
Subject(s) - platinum group , iridium , fish <actinopterygii> , platinum , sample (material) , mineralogy , geology , environmental science , materials science , environmental chemistry , chemistry , catalysis , chromatography , organic chemistry , biology , fishery
The collapse of a section of the cliff at Stevns Klint, Denmark in 1986 provided a unique opportunity to collect about 50 kg of Fish Clay representing the Cretaceous‐Tertiary (K‐T) boundary layer. In this paper, details of the preparation of this sample are presented, together with preliminary analytical results to support the development of this sample as a reference material, particularly for the determination of iridium and the other platinum‐group elements in clays and sediments associated with K‐T boundary studies and in other environmental samples collected to study the effects of automobile exhaust catalysts.