Obsidian provenance studies in archaeology: A comparison between PIXE, ICP-AES and ICP-MS

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• 作者：Ludovic Bellot-Gurlet ; Gé ; rard Poupeau ; Joseph Salomon ; Thomas Calligaro ; Brice Moignard ; Jean-Claude Dran ; Jean-Alix Barrat and Laurent Pichon
• 刊名：Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
• 出版年：2005
• 出版时间：2005
• 年：2005
• 卷：240
• 期：1-2
• 页码：583-588
• 全文大小：248 K

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Elemental composition fingerprinting by PIXE technique is very attractive for obsidian provenance studies as it may proceed in a non-destructive mode, even if a more complete elemental characterization can be obtained by ICP-MS and/or ICP-AES. Only few studies have compared results obtained by both methods for solid rock samples. In this work, elemental compositions were determined by ICP-MS/-AES for international geochemical standards and by ICP-MS/-AES and PIXE for inter-laboratory reference obsidians. In addition 49 obsidian source samples and artefacts were analysed by both ICP-MS/-AES and PIXE. Instrumental work and measurement quality control performed for obsidian chemical characterization, underline that PIXE and ICP-MS/-AES provide reproducible, accurate and comparable measurements. In some volcanic districts the limited number of elements dosed by PIXE is sufficient for the discrimination of the potential raw sources of obsidians. Therefore, PIXE can be an advantageous substitute to ICP-MS/-AES techniques for provenance studies.