Multi-elemental mapping of a speleothem using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 707-714

  Ma, Q L ^a   Motto Ros, V ^a   Lei, W Q ^a,b   Boueri, M ^a   Zheng, L J ^b   Zeng, H P ^b   Bar Matthews, M ^c   Ayalon, A ^c   Panczer, G ^a   Yu, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Elemental concentration correlation; Elemental mapping; LIBS; Speleothem

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY; MAPPING;

ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; ELEMENTAL MAPPING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LASERINDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS); LIBS; LINE EMISSION INTENSITY; MINOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; SPELEOTHEM;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 77955414126     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2010.03.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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