Laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry in archaeometric research

Mass Spectrometry Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-78

  Resano, Martín ^a   García Ruiz, Esperanza ^a   Vanhaecke, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Archaeometry; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Isotopic analysis; Laser ablation; Spatially resolved elemental analysis

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOMETRIC; ARCHAEOMETRY; ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MINIMAL SAMPLE; RESEARCH FIELDS; SOLID-SAMPLING TECHNIQUES; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; WIDE-LINEAR RANGE;

DAMAGE DETECTION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPES; LASER ABLATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; PHOTORESISTS; SPECTROMETRY;

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA;

EID: 73849152115     PISSN: 02777037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mas.20220     Document Type: Article

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