Spatially resolved and bulk trace element analysis by laser ablation - Inductively coupled plasma - Mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS)

Periodico di Mineralogia

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-21

  Petrelli, Maurizio ^a   Perugini, Diego ^a   Alagna, Kelgan E ^a   Poli, Giampiero ^a   Peccerillo, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bulk anlysis; Figures of merits; ICP MS; Laser ablation; Spatially resolved analysis; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249150112     PISSN: 03698963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2451/2008PM0001     Document Type: Article

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