Visualizing fossilization using laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry maps of trace elements in Late Cretaceous bones

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 511-514

  Koenig, Alan E ^a   Rogers, Raymond R ^b   Trueman, Clive N ^c  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK SAMPLES; ELEMENTAL MAPS; FLOW PATH; FOSSILIZED BONES; HIGH RESOLUTION VISUALIZATION; LA-ICP-MS; LASER-ABLATION INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LATE CRETACEOUS; MADAGASCAR; MONTANA; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; PORE WATERS; RECRYSTALLIZATIONS; SAMPLING STRATEGIES; TRACE ELEMENT UPTAKE;

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LASER ABLATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTROMETRY; TRACE ELEMENTS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM; WATER;

BONE;

BONE; CRETACEOUS; DIAGENESIS; FOSSILIZATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RECRYSTALLIZATION; TRACE ELEMENT; VISUALIZATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69649093091     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25551A.1     Document Type: Article

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