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Has anyone compared the use of Sigma-2 and USGS "Angel Food" samplers for airborne particulates?

It would be useful to know if one design has any advantages over the other, or just your experience of using these samplers. I'm interested in major and trace element analyses on the airborne dust...

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To what degree should compositional data from partial extractions be considered closed data?

Partial extractions of regolith materials and soils often give concentrations an order of magnitude or more below total element concentrations. As a result, there may not be a constant-sum issue...

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Does anyone have any hints on spatial statistical analysis of poorly conditioned data?

For example, if the semivariogram is very noisy, or if semivariance seems to be higher at shorter distances than longer.

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