Provenance determination of oriental porcelain using laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS)

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 341-348

  Bartle, Emma K ^a   Watling, R John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemometrics; Elemental analysis; Forensic chemistry; Forensic science; Imari porcelain; Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Ming porcelain; Oriental ceramics; Provenance determination

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTIFACT; ASSAY; CERAMICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GEOGRAPHY; LASER SURGERY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERIALS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33847137330     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00364.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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