Analysis of soils and sediments by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS): An innovative tool for environmental forensics

Environmental Forensics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 315-327

  Arroyo, Luis ^a   Trejos, Tatiana ^a   Hosick, Theresa ^b   Machemer, Steven ^b   Almirall, José R ^a   Gardinali, Piero R ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US Environmental Protection Agency Region 8   (United States)

Author keywords

Elemental analysis; Environmental forensics; Heavy metals; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Laser ablation; Sediments; Soils

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649761716     PISSN: 15275922     EISSN: 15275930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15275922.2010.494949     Document Type: Article

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