Sylvester P. (ed.). Laser Ablation-ICP-MS in the Earth Sciences: Current Practices and Outstanding Issues

Mineralogical Association of Canada, Short Course Series, v.40. 2008, 348 pp.Laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry (LA–ICP–MS); an introduction.
Formation of aerosols generated by laser ablation and their impact on elemental fractionation in LA–ICP–MS.
Computer modeling of laser ablation elemental microanalysis.
Comparison of femtosecond and nanosecond laser interactions with geologic matrices and their
nfluence on accuracy and precision of LA–ICP–MS data.
Matrix effects in laser ablation ICP–MS.
Laser ablation sampling strategies for concentration and isotope ratio analyses by ICP–MS.
Mass fractionation correction in laser ablation multiple-collector ICP–MS: implications for overlap corrections and precise and accurate in situ isotope ratio measurement.
Sm–Nd and Sr isotope systematics in LREE-rich accessory minerals using LA–MC–ICP–MS.
A guide to depth profiling and imaging applications of LA–ICP–MS.
Reference materials for elemental and isotopic analyses by LA–(MC)–ICP–MS: successes and
outstanding needs.
Calibration strategies for elemental analysis by LA–ICP–MS.
Analytical protocols for element concentration and isotope ratio measurements in fluid inclusions by LA–(MC)–ICP–MS.
Major and trace element analysis of melt inclusions by laser ablation ICP–MS.
Use of discrete-dynode secondary electron multipliers with Faradays – A ‘reduced volume’
approach for in situ U–Pb dating of accessory minerals within petrographic thin section by LA–MC–ICP–MS.
Use of multiple channeltron ion counters for LA–MC–ICP–MS analysis of common lead isotopes in silicate glasses.
Data reduction strategies, uncertainty assessment and resolution of LA–(MC–)ICP–MS isotope data.
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