Testing the reliability of the JEOL FEGSEM 6500F electron microprobe for quantitative major element analysis of glass shards from rhyolitic tephra

Boreas

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 163-169

  Coulter, Sarah E ^a   Pilcher, Jonathan R ^a   Hall, Valerie A ^a   Plunkett, Gill ^a   Davies, Siwan M ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; GLASS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHYOLITE; TEPHRA;

EDINBURGH [SCOTLAND]; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77953897676     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2009.00113.x     Document Type: Article

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