Correlation: Volcanic Ash, Obsidian

Treatise on Geochemistry: Second Edition

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages 63-80

  Brown, F H ^a   Nash, B P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Archaeology; Electron microprobe; EPMA; Glass; ICPMS; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Tuff; X Ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

ALKALI METALS; DEPOSITS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; HISTORY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LASER ABLATION; MASS SPECTROMETERS; SILICA; VOLCANOES; X RAYS;

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARCHAEOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROPROBES; ICPMS; TUFF; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

GLASS;

EID: 84903810261     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-095975-7.01207-9     Document Type: Chapter

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