Femtosecond (fs) lasers coupled with modern ICP-MS instruments provide new and improved potential for in situ elemental and isotopic analyses in the geosciences

Chemical Geology

Volumn 330-331, Issue , 2012, Pages 260-273

  Shaheen, M E ^a,b   Gagnon, J E ^a,c   Fryer, B J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elemental and isotopic analyses; Femtosecond; In situ; Inductively coupled mass spectrometry; Laser ablation

Indexed keywords

FEMTOSECOND (FS) LASER; FEMTOSECONDS; GEOSCIENCES; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; IN-SITU; INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; ISOTOPIC STUDY; LA-ICP-MS; LASER-ABLATION INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LASER-SOLID INTERACTION; LINEAR DYNAMIC RANGES; LOW DETECTION LIMIT; MATRIX EFFECTS; MINIMAL SAMPLE; MULTI-ELEMENT; NANOSECOND LASER ABLATION; NANOSECOND LASER PULSE; SOLID SAMPLES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LASER ABLATION; LASER PULSES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

ISOTOPES;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EARTH SCIENCE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LASER METHOD; SAMPLE PREPARATION;

EID: 84867983197     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.09.016     Document Type: Review

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