Subsurface Heavy-Metal Detection with the use of a Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) Penetrometer System

Field Analytical Chemistry and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 75-87

  Miles, Brian ^a   Cortes, Javier ^a  

^a WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone penetrometer; Heavy metals; Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS); Site characterization and analysis penetrometer system (SCAPS); Site screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032382812     PISSN: 1086900X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6521(1998)2:2<75::AID-FACT3>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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