Geological applications of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 329-343

  Mcmillan, Nancy J ^a   Rees, Shannon ^a   Kochelek, Kristen ^a   Mcmanus, Catherine ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Materialytics   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis; Correlation; Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy; Provenance

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; CORRELATION METHODS; CORUNDUM; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; ORES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; LASER-INDUCED ABLATION; LASERINDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS); MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; PORTABLE INSTRUMENTATION; PROVENANCE; X RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY;

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84907965482     PISSN: 16394488     EISSN: 1751908X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2014.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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