Trace elements in provenancing raw materials for Roman glass production

Geologica Belgica

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 135-143

  Degryse, Patrick ^a   Shortland, Andrew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeometry; LA ICP MS; Mineral resources; Nd isotopes; Sr isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349103218     PISSN: 13748505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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