Accurate trace element analysis of speleothems and biogenic calcium carbonates by LA-ICP-MS

Chemical Geology

Volumn 318-319, Issue , 2012, Pages 31-44

  Jochum, Klaus Peter ^a   Scholz, Denis ^b   Stoll, Brigitte ^a   Weis, Ulrike ^a   Wilson, Stephen A ^c   Yang, Qichao ^a   Schwalb, Antje ^d   Börner, Nicole ^d   Jacob, Dorrit E ^b   Andreae, Meinrat O ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium carbonate; LA ICP MS; MACS 3; Microanalysis; Ostracod; Speleothem

Indexed keywords

193 NM LASER; ACCURATE ANALYSIS; ANALYTICAL PROBLEMS; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; ELEMENTAL FRACTIONATION; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; LA-ICP-MS; LA-ICP-MS ANALYSIS; LASER-ABLATION INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LITHOPHILE ELEMENTS; MACS-3; MASS RESOLUTION; MATRIX EFFECTS; MOLECULAR INTERFERENCE; ND : YAG LASERS; OSTRACOD; OSTRACOD SHELLS; PALEOCLIMATE RESEARCH; REFERENCE GLASS; REFERENCE MATERIAL; REFERENCE VALUES; RELATIVE UNCERTAINTY; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SPELEOTHEM; TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS;

ANIMALS; BARIUM; BOILING POINT; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALIBRATION; CARBONATE MINERALS; GLASS; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MICROANALYSIS; REFRACTORY MATERIALS; SILICATES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ARAGONITE; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; OSTRACOD; PALEOCLIMATE; SHELL; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT; SPELEOTHEM; STALAGMITE; TRACE ELEMENT;

OSTRACODA;

EID: 84861930491     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.05.009     Document Type: Article

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