Trace element analyses of carbonates using portable and micro-X-ray fluorescence: Performance and optimization of measurement parameters and strategies. Vrije Universiteit Brussel KU Leuven
Variations in elemental abundances in carbonate archives offer a wealth of information that can be used as proxy for palaeoenvironment and diagenetic history. State of the art portable handheld X-ray Fluorescence (pXRF) and laboratory micro X-ray Fluorescence (µXRF) instruments provide a relatively inexpensive, fast and non-destructive way of acquiring these trace element composition data. However, there are well-known issues and limitations ...