Trace element distribution in annual stalagmite laminae mapped by micrometer-resolution X-ray fluorescence: Implications for incorporation of environmentally significant species

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1494-1512

  Borsato, Andrea ^a   Frisia, Silvia ^a   Fairchild, Ian J ^b   Somogyi, Andrea ^c   Susini, Jean ^c  

^a MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVE DEPOSIT; STALAGMITE; TRACE ELEMENT; TRACE METAL; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33847354723     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.12.016     Document Type: Article

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