Compositional studies on Transylvanian gold nuggets: Advantages and limitations of PIXE-PIGE analysis

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 266, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2316-2319

  Bugoi, Roxana ^a   Cojocaru, Viorel ^a   Constantinescu, Bogdan ^a   Calligaro, Thomas ^b   Pichon, Laurent ^b   Röhrs, Stefan ^b   Salomon, Joseph ^b  

^a HORIA HULUBEI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING   (Romania)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE ET DE RESTAURATION DES MUSÉES DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Elemental composition; Gold; PIGE; PIXE; Provenance

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; PARTICLE BEAM EXTRACTION; PROTON BEAMS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TRACE ELEMENTS;

ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION; GOLD NUGGETS; PIGE ANALYSIS; PIXE ANALYSIS; TANDEM ACCELERATOR; TRANSYLVANIAN GOLD;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

EID: 44649151020     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2008.03.044     Document Type: Article

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