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

• 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
• 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.

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