SEDL / STP / STP573-EB / STP39036S

Data Are for Looking At or Quality Control Through Interpretation

Bewers, JM
Head, water geochemist, and NRCC postdoctoral fellow, Atlantic Oceanographic Laboratory, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Macaulay, ID
Head, water geochemist, and NRCC postdoctoral fellow, Atlantic Oceanographic Laboratory, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Sundby, B
Head, water geochemist, and NRCC postdoctoral fellow, Atlantic Oceanographic Laboratory, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Buckley, DE
Head, Environmental Marine Geology, Atlantic Geoscience Centre, Geological Survey of Canada, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Pages: 16    Published: Jan 1975

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Abstract

A logical interpretive procedure for the examination of environmental data is described and its use illustrated. The procedure is used to eliminate errors, detect redundancies, detect and validate anomalies, examine water quality data sets, and improve analytical and sampling techniques. It is a first step towards thorough data analysis and should ensure that the data, which are subsequently used for geochemical or environmental purposes, are valid.