Contribution of neutron activation analysis to archaeological studies

Journal of Trace and Microprobe Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 381-387

  Munita, C S ^a   Paiva, R P ^a   Alves, M A ^b   De Oliveira, P M S ^a   Momose, E F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ceramics; Cluster analysis; Discriminant analysis; Neutron activation analysis; trace elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037977606     PISSN: 07334680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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