In Situ Determination of First-Row Transition Metal, Ga and Ge Abundances in Geological Materials via Medium-Resolution LA-ICP-MS

Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 253-273

  Arevalo, Ricardo ^a   Mcdonough, William F ^a   Piccoli, Philip M ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Basalt; ICP MS; Laser ablation; Resolution; Transition metals

Indexed keywords

ABLATION RATES; ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANALYTICAL PROTOCOLS; BASALTIC GLASS; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; GEOLOGICAL MATERIALS; GEOLOGICAL SAMPLES; ICP-MS; IN-SITU; INTERNAL STANDARDS; ISOBARIC INTERFERENCES; LA-ICP-MS; LASER SYSTEMS; MATRIX EFFECTS; OCEANIC BASALTS; REFERENCE GLASS; REFERENCE VALUES; RESOLUTION; RHYOLITIC; ULTRA-VIOLET;

ABLATION; BASALT; GALLIUM; GERMANIUM; GLASS; GLASS LASERS; SILICATE MINERALS; TRANSITION METALS; ULTRAVIOLET LASERS;

MASS SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 79956102459     PISSN: 16394488     EISSN: 1751908X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2010.00099.x     Document Type: Article

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