Multi-element analysis of soils and sediments from Scottish historical sites. The potential of inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry for rapid site investigation

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 407-416

  Entwistle, Jane A ^a,b   Abrahams, Peter W ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acid digestion; Analytical quality control; Geoanalysis; ICP MS; Simultaneous multi elemental analysis

Indexed keywords

ACID DIGESTION; ARCHAEOLOGY; GEOCHEMISTRY; ICP-MS; REE; SEDIMENT; SOIL; SOIL CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031420952     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1996.0125     Document Type: Article

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