Quantitative solute analysis of single fluid inclusions in halite by LA-ICP-MS and cryo-SEM-EDS: Complementary microbeam techniques

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1097-1108

  Shepherd, Thomas J ^a   Ayora, Carlos ^b   Cendón, Dioni I ^b   Chenery, Simon R ^a   Moissette, Alain ^c  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^c CREGU Centre de Recherches sur la Geologie des Matieres Premieres Minerales et Energetiques   (France)

Author keywords

Cryogenic SEM EDS; Halite; Laser ablation ICP MS; Quantitative chemical analysis; Single fluid inclusions

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CHLORIDE MINERALS; CRYOGENICS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LASER ABLATION; LITHIUM METALLOGRAPHY; MAGNESIUM METALLOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MINERALOGY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM METALLOGRAPHY; STATISTICS; SULFATE MINERALS;

ENERGY DISPERSIVE ANALYSIS; FLUID INCLUSION; INTERLABORATORY STUDIES; LASER ABLATION INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRIES (LA ICP MS); LASER-ABLATION-ICP-MS; QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATIONS; SEM-EDS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; FLUID INCLUSION; HALITE; LASER METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTE;

EID: 0032463582     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/ejm/10/6/1097     Document Type: Article

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