CFC - NAA Data (Cornell) - Tabular Display

This page presents a database consisting of the data produced by a program of NAA conducted at the Cornell University/Ward Center for Nuclear Sciences facility during the period 1992-1996.

This initiative consisted of 15 analyses involving 14 of the 126 CFC clay specimens. In every case these were fired to 900 C and in one instance two analyses were performed for a single clay specimen. The analytical protocols employed for this work are described in CFC - Project Narrative, Section 3.3. Both this description and the data reported here are taken from Bentley 1997.

The default display for the database presents the data in tabular form. Also available is a record display that presents the data for an individual analysis.

In the tabular display each row corresponds to an analysis, Column 1 records the laboratory identification number, Column 2 the specimen's clay number, Column 3 the type of clay (i.e., its general geologic origin), Column 4 the state of the material analyzed (in every case fired to 900 C), and the remaining 26 columns the values obtained for the 24 elements assayed. (Two elements – Fe and Co – were assayed on the basis of both a short count and a long count and two values are reported for both of these.) The data are presented in parts per million (PPM) form for all elements and have been rounded to three places. The order in which the elements are presented is that employed for the reporting of data by the Cornell facility at the time that the program of analysis was undertaken.

In the tabular display users can sort any of the columns in ascending or descending numerical or alphabetical order by clicking on the column header.

Users can go to the record display for an analysis by clicking on the cell in the Lab ID column for that analysis. They can return to the tabular display by clicking the Back arrow. In the record view the fields for the chemical data are presented in a collapsed view under the heading Chemical Composition. These fields can be expanded and collapsed by clicking on this heading.

Clicking on the content in the Clay Number field in either the tabular or the record display opens a display of the record for the clay specimen in question in CFC - Clay Database Record Display. Users can return from this display to CFC - NAA Data (Cornell) by clicking the Back arrow.

The CFC - Products - Data page presents a link to a downloadable spreadsheet that contains the data in this database.

Lab ID Clay Number Type of Clay State U PPM As PPM W PPM Br PPM Fe PPM Na PPM K PPM La PPM Ce PPMsort descending Yb PPM Th PPM Cr PPM Hf PPM Ba PPM Cs PPM Mn PPM Tb PPM Sc PPM Rb PPM Fe (2) PPM Co PPM Ta PPM Ca PPM Co (2) PPM Eu PPM Sb PPM
AB01A Clay 097 marine 900 2.67 7.68 0.85 1.10 23100 8990 12300 19.0 41.8 2.59 6.90 98 4.35 253 3.40 58.6 0.56 8.6 70 30070 10.8 0.63 41200 11.0 0.81 0.37
AB02A Clay 098 marine 900 3.09 8.50 0.67 2.12 29400 9700 13700 21.7 42.7 2.81 7.40 110 4.98 222 3.50 69.2 0.68 9.2 68 32700 12.9 0.89 4700 13.1 0.88 0.36
AB03A Clay 099 marine 900 2.64 11.70 1.66 2.79 32000 10800 14800 21.8 42.9 3.18 7.80 106 5.13 233 3.75 77.3 0.51 9.4 69 33600 10.8 0.91 26800 11.0 0.88 0.51
AB11A Clay 096 marine 900 3.31 7.80 0.85 1.87 41200 6980 17800 32.1 57.0 2.43 9.30 125 5.65 6 6.31 88.6 0.63 13.6 134 40000 16.8 1.33 38400 16.6 1.17 1.05
AB13A Clay 102 marine 900 2.65 6.76 1.27 1.99 38900 6900 18200 29.0 57.0 2.41 8.80 124 4.97 126 5.54 79.3 0.79 13.2 101 38500 16.3 1.15 57500 16.5 1.16 0.47
AB12A Clay 100 marine 900 3.14 8.43 1.27 1.88 37800 6310 17100 29.7 60.3 2.51 8.80 129 4.67 230 5.84 76.2 0.82 13.3 122 38500 15.9 1.11 70500 15.7 1.09 0.36
AB13B Clay 102 marine 900 2.82 7.29 1.14 5.09 42700 6800 18700 29.3 60.8 2.80 9.20 123 4.83 190 5.75 78.4 0.82 13.2 85 40000 16.7 1.08 38200 16.1 1.13 0.35
AB05A Clay 104 marine 900 2.36 1.17 0.83 1.93 45800 5700 22700 32.0 61.9 4.06 9.60 154 4.23 285 6.16 111.0 0.67 16.5 109 46800 18.6 0.95 66800 18.7 1.35 0.34
AB06A Clay 105 marine 900 2.41 0.98 1.92 0.00 43800 5240 23700 33.9 65.5 4.17 10.60 172 4.04 283 6.59 88.9 0.76 16.6 119 44200 20.5 0.93 52900 20.8 1.28 0.29
AB04A Clay 103 marine 900 2.60 2.23 1.68 1.65 54400 5680 22600 34.7 68.6 3.43 10.80 173 4.37 724 6.95 117.0 0.97 18.6 113 55200 22.7 1.02 54800 22.8 1.47 0.68
AB09A Clay 095 marine 900 5.34 5.78 1.66 9.25 45900 6350 24600 39.6 75.7 2.55 11.50 160 4.55 265 9.67 101.0 0.83 17.2 152 46800 17.9 1.36 26500 17.7 1.30 0.79
AB08A Clay 094 marine 900 3.45 6.34 1.65 1.23 59300 6380 25900 39.9 78.8 3.02 12.20 172 4.96 335 9.91 134.0 1.06 18.1 173 61000 16.4 1.41 18800 16.4 1.32 1.40
AB07A Clay 108 continental 900 1.88 3.01 1.59 3.45 47000 6320 32300 45.2 83.2 2.50 12.50 142 4.08 295 9.49 124.0 0.79 19.9 166 54800 25.5 1.17 0 24.8 1.30 0.54
AB17A Clay 107 lacustrine/coastal 900 2.31 4.20 1.32 4.82 48800 4400 29800 42.5 89.9 2.87 12.70 165 4.43 92 10.70 95.3 0.71 19.6 148 49400 23.8 1.15 28200 22.9 1.39 0.56
AB16A Clay 106 lacustrine/coastal 900 2.65 8.02 1.34 0.73 52400 4150 31700 41.2 91.2 3.09 12.90 164 4.12 371 11.20 116.0 0.88 21.5 169 55200 27.8 1.16 66100 26.9 1.44 0.53