Validation of LA-ICP-MS fluid inclusion analysis with synthetic fluid inclusions

American Mineralogist

Volumn 90, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 1767-1775

  Allan, Murray M ^a   Yardley, Bruce W D ^a   Forbes, Linda J ^a   Shmulovich, Kirill I ^b   Banks, David A ^a   Shepherd, Thomas J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c Natl Eng Res Cncl Isotope G   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON LASERS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; EXCIMER LASERS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LASER ABLATION; MASS SPECTROMETERS; RANDOM ERRORS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANALYTICAL PRECISION; COST-EFFECTIVE APPROACH; INTERNAL STANDARDS; LA-ICP-MS ANALYSIS; LASER ABLATION INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRIES (LA ICP MS); LIMITS OF DETECTION; MULTI-ELEMENT STANDARDS; OCTOPOLE REACTION;

MINERALOGY;

FLUID INCLUSION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINERALOGY;

EID: 30644460496     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2005.1822     Document Type: Article

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