Microanalysis of S, Cl, and Br in fluid inclusions by LA-ICP-MS

Chemical Geology

Volumn 284, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 35-44

  Seo, Jung Hun ^a   Guillong, Marcel ^a,b   Aerts, Maarten ^a,c   Zajacz, Zoltan ^d   Heinrich, Christoph A ^a,e  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d Bldg 142   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bromine; Chlorine; Fluid inclusion; Halogen; LA ICP MS; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

A-DENSITY; ABLATION CELLS; ABLATION CHAMBERS; ACCURACY AND PRECISION; ANALYTICAL UNCERTAINTY; BACKGROUND SIGNALS; BRINE INCLUSIONS; DETECTION LIMITS; FLUID INCLUSION; HALOGEN; LA-ICP-MS; LIMITS OF DETECTION; LIQUID INCLUSION; MINERAL SAMPLES; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; ORE-FORMING FLUID; REMOBILIZATION; STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIAL; SULFUR CONCENTRATIONS; SYNTHETIC FLUIDS; UV IRRADIATION;

BROMINE; CHLORINE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; IRRADIATION; LASER ABLATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; LIQUIDS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MINERALOGY; NITRIC ACID; POLLUTION DETECTION; QUARTZ; SIGNAL DETECTION; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFUR; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VAPORS;

INCLUSIONS;

ABLATION; BROMINE; CHLORINE; FLUID INCLUSION; HALOGEN; IRRADIATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; SULFUR;

EID: 79954594699     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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