Advanced signal processing analysis of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy data for the discrimination of obsidian sources

Applied Optics

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Remus, Jeremiah J ^a   Harmon, Russell S ^b   Hark, Richard R ^c   Haverstock, Gregory ^d   Baron, Dirk ^e   Potter, Ian K ^c   Bristol, Samantha K ^c,f   East, Lucille J ^g  

^a Clarkson University   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JUNIATA COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Bureau of Land Management   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Applied Spectra Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; VOLCANOES;

ADVANCED SIGNAL PROCESSING; CHEMOMETRIC TECHNIQUES; GEOCHEMICAL FINGERPRINTS; HIGH DIMENSIONAL DATA; HIGH PERFORMANCE IMAGING; LASERINDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS); PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES DISCRIMINANT ANALYSES (PLSDA); STATISTICAL REGRESSION;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

GLASS; OBSIDIAN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOLID STATE LASER; SPECTROSCOPY;

GLASS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84857802817     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.51.000B65     Document Type: Conference Paper

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