Application of Non- and Micro-Destructive Techniques in Minerals, Rocks and Archeological Materials
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology".
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Interests: isotope geochemistry; U-series; mass spectrometry; ICP-MS; MC ICP-MS; laser ablation; TIMS
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2. National Research Centre on Human Evolution (CENIEH), Paseo Sierra de Atapuerca 3, 09002 Burgos, Spain
Interests: isotope geochemistry; trace elements; U-series geochronology; atomic spectrometry; radiochemistry; multivariate analysis
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Dear Colleagues,
The improvements in the analytical techniques used in geosciences and archeological materials have led us to widen our analytical knowledge precisely, accurately and efficiently. State-of-the-art techniques such as non-destructive and/or micro-destructive (at the micron scale) techniques are becoming more preferable due to their lower uncertainties and ability to identify the physical and chemical properties of the related material without differentiating non-interested material (i.e., a close mineral that is not an ROI).
The application of non- or semi-destructive techniques vary widely depending on the material (i.e. mineral, rock, archeological material). In geosciences, these applications are widely used to quantify the elemental concentration in mineral, rock and ore deposits. Advanced photon synchrotron techniques to laser applications, and ultrasonic with thermographic methods are some of the non (semi)-destructive techniques that are becoming widely employed. In archeological materials, in which the materials are likely to be preserved after related analysis, micro-computed tomography techniques analysis are preferable.
In this Special Issue, we would like to focus on the non-destructive to micro-destructive analytical techniques that especially focus on obtaining quantitative to semi-quantitative data on rock, mineral and ore deposits, In addition, we aim to characterize the archeological materials, combining archeometry data with non-destructive techniques. The development of non-destructive techniques with potential preliminary results are also encouraged for contributions to this Special Issue.
Dr. Altug Hasozbek
Dr. Fernando Jiménez Barredo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- synchrotron
- micro-raman spectroscopy
- portable XRF
- micro-CT
- micro-scale laser ablation
- minerals
- rocks
- archeological material
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