Assessment of the diamond-trap method for studying high-pressure fluids and melts and an improved freezing stage design for laser ablation ICP-MS analysis

American Mineralogist

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1523-1526

  Aerts, Maarten ^a   Hack, Alistair C ^a   Reusser, Eric ^a   Ulmer, Peter ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diamond trap; Experimental geochemistry; Freezing stage; High pressure fluid; LA ICP MS; Mineral solubility

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; DIAMONDS; ELECTRONIC COOLING; FREEZING; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

AQUEOUS FLUIDS; CRYSTALLINE MINERALS; HIGH-PRESSURE FLUIDS; LA-ICP-MS; LASER-ABLATION-ICP-MS; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MANTLE MINERALS; MINERAL SOLUBILITY;

LASER ABLATION;

EQUILIBRIUM; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; FLUID; FREEZING; GEOCHEMISTRY; HIGH PRESSURE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LASER METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MELT; SOLUBILITY; STOICHIOMETRY; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

EID: 77957580813     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2010.3356     Document Type: Article

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