Tephra from Ice-A simple method to routinely mount, polish, and quantitatively analyze sparse fine particles

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 218-225

  Kuehn, Stephen C ^a   Froese, Duane G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electron probe microanalysis; Fine particle analysis; Ice core tephrochronology; Major element analysis; Scanning electron microscopy; Specimen preparation; Tephra

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952551866     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927609991322     Document Type: Article

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