In-situ elemental and sr isotope investigation of human tooth enamel by laser ablation-(mc)-icp-ms: Successes and pitfalls

Archaeometry

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 371-385

  Simonetti, Antonio ^a,b   Buzon, Michelle R ^a   Creaser, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aancient nubia; ICP MS; Laser ablation; Sr isotope analysis; Tooth enamel

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; STRONTIUM; TOOTH; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 41149099635     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2007.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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