Application of laser ablation ICP-MS and traditional micromorphological techniques to the study of an Alfisol (Sardinia, Italy) in thin sections: Insights into trace element distribution

Geoderma

Volumn 152, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 113-126

  Scarciglia, Fabio ^a   Barca, Donatella ^a   De Rosa, Rosanna ^a   Pulice, Iolanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clay coatings; LA ICP MS; Micromorphology; REE; Soil thin sections; Trace element distribution

Indexed keywords

CLAY COATINGS; LA-ICP-MS; MICROMORPHOLOGY; REE; TRACE ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; CLAY MINERALS; COATINGS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EROSION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LASER ABLATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RARE EARTHS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; TRACE ANALYSIS; WEATHERING;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ALFISOL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FIELD METHOD; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LASER METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROMORPHOLOGY; SAMPLING; THIN SECTION; TRACE ELEMENT; WEATHERING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67650531452     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.05.021     Document Type: Article

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