Comparative determinations of trace and minor elements in coral aragonite by ion microprobe analysis, with preliminary results from Phuket, southern Thailand

• Published in: Geochimica et cosmochimica acta Vol. 60; no. 18; pp. 3457 - 3470
• Main Author: Allison, N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.09.1996

The ion microprobe technique was developed for semiquantitative analysis of trace and minor elements in coralline aragonite. The size of the microprobe beam (ca. 30 μm diameter) allows an examination of the spatial geochemical heterogeneity of coral skeletons on a much finer scale than has previousl...