X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry (XRF) in Geoarchaeology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Shackley, M. Steven (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Mass spectrometry.; Geology.; Archaeology.; Social Sciences.; Mass Spectrometry.

Since the 1960s, x-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF), both wavelength and energy-dispersive have served as the workhorse for non-destructive and destructive analyses of archaeological materials. Recently eclipsed by other instrumentation such as LA-ICP-MS, XRF remains the mainstay of non-destructi...