Geochemical fingerprinting: 40 years of analytical development and real world applications
Geochemical fingerprinting is a rapidly expanding discipline in the earth and environmental sciences. It is anchored in the recognition that geological processes leave behind chemical and isotopic patterns in the rock record. Many of these patterns, informally referred to as geochemical fingerprints...
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ftqueensland:oai:eprints.qut.edu.au:217595 2024-01-21T10:06:42+01:00 Geochemical fingerprinting: 40 years of analytical development and real world applications Kamber, Balz 2009 https://eprints.qut.edu.au/217595/ unknown Elsevier Ltd. doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2009.02.012 Kamber, Balz (2009) Geochemical fingerprinting: 40 years of analytical development and real world applications. Applied Geochemistry, 24(6), pp. 1074-1086. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/217595/ Science & Engineering Faculty; School of Earth, Environmental & Biological Sciences Consult author(s) regarding copyright matters This work is covered by copyright. Unless the document is being made available under a Creative Commons Licence, you must assume that re-use is limited to personal use and that permission from the copyright owner must be obtained for all other uses. If the document is available under a Creative Commons License (or other specified license) then refer to the Licence for details of permitted re-use. It is a condition of access that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. If you believe that this work infringes copyright please provide details by email to qut.copyright@qut.edu.au Applied Geochemistry Geochemistry and Geophysics inductively-coupled-plasma la-icp-ms mass-spectrometry ms trace-element new-zealand pb-isotope rare-earth-elements southwest greenland u-pb upper continental-crust Contribution to Journal 2009 ftqueensland https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2009.02.012 2023-12-25T23:22:51Z Geochemical fingerprinting is a rapidly expanding discipline in the earth and environmental sciences. It is anchored in the recognition that geological processes leave behind chemical and isotopic patterns in the rock record. Many of these patterns, informally referred to as geochemical fingerprints, differ only in fine detail from each other. For this reason, the approach of fingerprinting requires analytical data of very high precision and accuracy. It is not surprising that the advancement of geochemical fingerprinting occurred alongside progress in geochemical analysis techniques. In this brief treatment, a subjective selection of drivers behind the analytical progress and its implications for geochemical fingerprinting are discussed. These include the impact of the Apollo lunar sample return program on quality of geochemical data and its push towards minimizing required sample volumes. The advancement of in situ analytical techniques is also identified as a major factor that has enabled geochemical fingerprinting to expand into a larger variety of fields. For real world applications of geochemical fingerprinting, in which large sample throughput, reasonable cost, and fast turnaround are key requirements, the improvements to inductively-coupled-plasma quadrupole mass spectrometry were paramount. The past 40 years have witnessed how geochemical fingerprinting has found its way into everyday applications. This development is cause for celebrating the 40 years of existence of the IAGC. (c) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Queensland University of Technology: QUT ePrints Greenland New Zealand Applied Geochemistry 24 6 1074 1086 |
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Geochemical fingerprinting is a rapidly expanding discipline in the earth and environmental sciences. It is anchored in the recognition that geological processes leave behind chemical and isotopic patterns in the rock record. Many of these patterns, informally referred to as geochemical fingerprints, differ only in fine detail from each other. For this reason, the approach of fingerprinting requires analytical data of very high precision and accuracy. It is not surprising that the advancement of geochemical fingerprinting occurred alongside progress in geochemical analysis techniques. In this brief treatment, a subjective selection of drivers behind the analytical progress and its implications for geochemical fingerprinting are discussed. These include the impact of the Apollo lunar sample return program on quality of geochemical data and its push towards minimizing required sample volumes. The advancement of in situ analytical techniques is also identified as a major factor that has enabled geochemical fingerprinting to expand into a larger variety of fields. For real world applications of geochemical fingerprinting, in which large sample throughput, reasonable cost, and fast turnaround are key requirements, the improvements to inductively-coupled-plasma quadrupole mass spectrometry were paramount. The past 40 years have witnessed how geochemical fingerprinting has found its way into everyday applications. This development is cause for celebrating the 40 years of existence of the IAGC. (c) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2009.02.012 Kamber, Balz (2009) Geochemical fingerprinting: 40 years of analytical development and real world applications. Applied Geochemistry, 24(6), pp. 1074-1086. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/217595/ Science & Engineering Faculty; School of Earth, Environmental & Biological Sciences |
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