GRAPHICAL COMPARISON OF GEOCHEMICAL RESULTS

Comparison of analytical results obtained for geochemical reference sa mples with accepted results is tedious and error prone. Graphical repr esentation facilitates comparison. Nevertheless, currently used diagra ms lack representativeness when a wide range of concentrations are stu died. A newly designed graph representing normalized results against c oncentrations is proposed. It allows comparison of a wide range of con centrations and helps detect analytical problems for particular ranges of concentrations.