Understanding the History of Rocks by the Use of Microbeam Analysis Techniques |
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Authors: | Luisa P. Ottolini |
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Affiliation: | (1) C.N.R.-Centro di Studio per la Cristallochimica e la Cristallografia, Via Ferrata, 1, I-27100 Pavia, Italy, IT |
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Abstract: | In order to understand the physical and chemical processes that occur in complex systems such as geological materials, one needs to look at the minerals involved on as fine a scale as possible; studying the mutual relationships among the different phases in terms of texture, chemical composition, zonation, etc., in the original petrographic context. This paper reports how the study of a rock through microanalysis can be done. The potentialities of the various microanalytical techniques such as electron microprobe analysis (EMPA), cathodoluminescence (CL), particle-induced X-ray emission (PIXE), secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) and accelerator mass spectrometry (ASM) are presented. Each of them has its own characteristics and limits. And only through a multiple-technique approach it is possible to investigate the various components of the rock system and from this, unravel its history. |
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Keywords: | : Rock cathodoluminescence electron-microprobe analysis particle-induced X-ray emission secondary ion mass spectrometry. |
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