Utilization of laser-assisted analytical techniques for elemental mapping on fossil snake vertebra

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Authors	GALIOVÁ Michaela KAISER Jozef NOVOTNÝ Karel NÝVLTOVÁ-FIŠÁKOVÁ Miriam IVANOV Martin MANCINI Lucia TROMBA Giuliana SODINI Nicola
Year of publication	2010
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	ICP Information Newsletter, Inc.
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Field	Analytic chemistry
Keywords	LIBS; fossil snake vartebra; elemental mapping
Description	Here the feasibility of LIBS and LA-ICP-MS for microspatial analyses of a fossil Natrix natrix snake and recent Elaphe guttata snake vertebra are discussed. The microchemical analysis is coupled to the synchrotron radiation hard-X ray microtomography (micro CT) measurements.
Related projects:	Utilization of the laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) and laser ablation ICP-OES/MS spectroscopy for chemical mapping of biominerals