CAMAM: A miniature laser ablation ionisation mass spectrometer and microscope-camera system for in situ investigation of the composition and morphology of extraterrestrial materials

Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 441-466

  Tulej, Marek ^a   Riedo, Andreas ^a   Neuland, Maike B ^a   Meyer, Stefan ^a   Wurz, Peter ^a   Thomas, Nicolas ^a   Grimaudo, Valentine ^b   Moreno García, Pavel ^b   Broekmann, Peter ^b   Neubeck, Anna ^c   Ivarsson, Magnus ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

in situ; Contextual chemical analysis; Geochemical analysis; Geochronology; Isotope ratio measurements; Laser ablation ionisation mass spectrometer; Microscope imagery; Mineralogy; Space exploration; Spectrophotometric analysis

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CAMERAS; FILMS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; ISOTOPES; LASER ABLATION; LASER CHEMISTRY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPES; MINERALOGY; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; SPACE RESEARCH; TRACE ELEMENTS;

GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; IN SITU; ISOTOPE-RATIO MEASUREMENTS; SPACE EXPLORATIONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC ANALYSIS;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84920986059     PISSN: 16394488     EISSN: 1751908X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2014.00302.x     Document Type: Article

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