Abstract: | This report describes the location, collection, preparation, homogeneity testing, analysis, data-processing and assignment of certified values of a polymetallic nodule (GSPN-1) and marine sediment (GSMS-1). Materials used in the preparation of these reference materials were collected in 1986 and 1987 from the central Pacific Ocean, by the Chinese Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources (MGMR). A total of fifty one recommended element concentrations and five proposed concentrations are reported for GSPN-1. For GSMS-1, a total of fifty recommended and seven proposed values are presented. |