Extraction and derivatization of absorbed lipid residues from very small and very old samples of ceramic potsherds for molecular analysis by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and single compound stable carbon isotope analysis by gas chromatography-combustion-isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC-C-IRMS)

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue , 2015, Pages 196-200

  Papakosta, Vasiliki ^a   Smittenberg, Rienk H ^a   Gibbs, Kevin ^b   Jordan, Peter ^c   Isaksson, Sven ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Absorbed lipid residues; Acidic extraction; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Incipient J mon; Solvent extraction; Stable carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936884448     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2015.06.013     Document Type: Article

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