A rapid mass spectrometric method for the simultaneous analysis of barium, cadmium, and strontium in foraminifera shells

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 3143-3149

  Lea, David W ^a   Martin, Pamela A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; FORAMINIFERA SHELL; ICP-MS; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; SHELL ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 0030465023     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(96)00184-6     Document Type: Note

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