The development of laser ablation ICP-MS and calibration strategies: Examples from the analysis of trace elements in volcanic glass shards and sulfide minerals

Geostandards Newsletter

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-190

  Perkins, William T ^a   Pearce, Nicholas J G ^a   Westgate, John A ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 33745134757     PISSN: 01505505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.1997.tb00669.x     Document Type: Review

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