X-Ray fluorescence of obsidian: Approaches to calibration and the analysis of small samples

Handheld XRF for Art and Archaeology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 401-422

  Ferguson, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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