kindly help me to clear these doubts...
1) How to interpret the sum REE value should I do the Sum of REE with the PAAS normalised data or with the original concentration obtained from the ICP-MS.
2) While doing my research I found much paper which shows pH influence in the REE value but for my area in the Alps region I was not getting any correlation with pH and I been trying to analyse if there any other correlation with other physical parameters such as Ec or even ionic strength but found no luck. I even try cluster and PCA analysis.
3) will it be ok if I conclude my study with the statement no correlation with lithology or these parameters are present in the given samples and further studies with other physical data are required?
I am also attaching my cluster analysis data and PCA analysis data for kind reference
Thank you
Dear Jithin Muraleedharan Girija
These articles may be helpful to connect all the dots together, have a look:
1. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2018.00166/full
2. Article Geochemistry of Trace Metals and Rare Earth Elements in Stre...
3. https://www.nature.com/articles/srep43208
Kind Regards
Qamar Ul Islam
Calculating the sum of REE contents of igneous rocks is meaningless, because LREE and HREE behave very differently during petrological processes due to their different ionic radii.
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