Trace element fingerprinting of Australian ocher using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LAICP-MS) for the provenance establishment and authentication of indigenous art

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 851-859

  Green, Rachel L ^a   Watling, R John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal art; Art fraud; Forensic chemistry; Forensic science; Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Ocher; Provenance establishment; Trace elements; X ray diffraction; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ART; CONFERENCE PAPER; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FORENSIC SCIENCE; LASER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 34250324231     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00488.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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