Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research Bibliographic Review 2012

Geological and environmental reference materials (RMs) play an important role in all fields of geochemical research, because they are necessary for calibration, quality control, method validation and to establish metrological traceability (Jochum and Enzweiler 2014). This annual bibliographic review gives an overview of articles in scientific journals in which analytical data of RMs and certified RMs (CRMs) were published in the year 2012. Bibliographic reviews have a long tradition in this Journal (since 1981), where Iwan Roelandts (1981–2000), Michel Valladon (2002–2006) and Klaus Peter Jochum and co-workers (since 2007) have undertaken the time-consuming literature research and the compilation of references.