Determination of trace elements in volcanic rock samples collected from cenozoic lava eruption sites using LIBS

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 528-535

  Gondal, Mohammed A ^a   Nasr, Mohamed M ^b   Ahmed, Zulfiqar ^c   Yamani, Zain H ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Dental Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Environment and pollution; Laser applications; Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS); Trace metals; Volcanic eruptions

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; CENOZOIC; CENOZOIC ERAS; CONCENTRATION OF; EARTH'S SURFACES; ENVIRONMENT AND POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCES; FLOOD BASALTS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA-ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPIES; LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS); LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWNS; LAVA FLOWS; PARAMETRIC DEPENDENCES; PULSED ND:YAG LASERS; ROCK SAMPLES; SAUDI ARABIA; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TRACE METALS; TUFF RINGS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; VOLCANIC FIELDS;

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; BASALT; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LASER DAMAGE; LASER PULSES; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; LASERS; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MINERALS; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; POLLUTION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; ROCKS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; STRONTIUM; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANOES; ZINC;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

GEOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

EID: 60849124527     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934520902720116     Document Type: Article

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