title: Review of methods for the determination of lanthanides in geological samples.
abstract: The following methods of determining lanthanides in geological samples are reviewed, together with the separation techniques necessarily associated with them: neutron-activation analysis, atomic-absorption and flame-emission spectrometry, plasma-source emission spectrometry, mass spectrometry, X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, and spectrophotometry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Earth Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada A1B 3X7.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Kantipuly
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Westland