Determination of minor and trace elements in obsidian rock samples and archaeological artifacts by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry using synthetic obsidian standards

Spectrochimica Acta- Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1927-1940

  Pereira, Carlos E De B ^a   Miekeley, Norbert ^a   Poupeau, Gerard ^b   Küchler, Ivo L ^a,c  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX MONTAIGNE   (France)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Calibration procedures; ICP MS; Laser ablation; Obsidian provenance studies

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LASER ABLATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

SYNTHETIC OBSIDIAN STANDARDS (SOS);

ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 0035980198     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0584-8547(01)00339-1     Document Type: Article

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