Table T5. Normalization factors for calculation of relative mineral abundance using bulk powder X-ray diffraction analysis as revised during Expedition 338.
| In standard mixture | Normalization factors | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total clay | Quartz | Plagioclase | Calcite | |
| Influencing mineral: | ||||
| Total clay | 0.11006193E–01 | –0.20231483E–03 | –0.29246596E–03 | –0.11871842E–02 |
| Quartz | –0.14089397E–04 | 0.58841606E–03 | –0.24897352E–04 | –0.23400669E–04 |
| Plagioclase | 0.49289758E–03 | –0.71762974E–04 | 0.11238736E–02 | –0.41371561E–04 |
| Calcite | 0.56265158E–04 | –0.41641979E–05 | –0.50802228E–05 | 0.13876300E–02 |
Singular value decomposition was used to compute factors, following Fisher and Underwood (1995).
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