Quantitative modal determination of geological samples based on X-ray multielemental map acquisition

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 139-149

  Cossio, Roberto ^a   Borghi, Alessandro ^a   Ruffini, Raffaella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geological samples; Microanalysis; Mineral chemistry; Modal analysis; Petrology; X ray maps

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; ELEMENTS; GEOLOGY; MINERALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; X-RAYS;

ELEMENT; MINERAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; GEOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; X RAY;

EID: 0036023383     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927601020062     Document Type: Article

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