PETROMAP: MS-DOS software package for quantitative processing of X-ray maps of zoned minerals

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 805-814

  Cossio, Roberto ^a   Borghi, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

EDS; Electron microprobe; Mineralogy; Software; Spectrometry; Thin section; X ray analysis; X ray maps

Indexed keywords

MINERALOGY; SOFTWARE; SPECTROMETRY; THIN SECTION; X-RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032448845     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-3004(98)00057-0     Document Type: Article

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