This volume presents papers on the use of micro-XRF core scanners in
palaeoenvironmental research. It contains a broad ranging view of
instrument capability and points to future developments that will help
contribute to higher precision elemental data and faster core analysis.
Readers will find a diverse range of research by leading experts that
have used micro-XRF core scanners in a wide range of scientific
applications. The book includes specific application papers reporting on
the use of XRF core scanners in a variety of marine, lacustrine, and
pollution studies. In addition, coverage also examines practical aspects
of core scanner usage, data optimisation and data calibration and
interpretation.
In a little over a decade, micro-XRF sediment core scanners have made a
substantive contribution to palaeoenvironmental research. Their impact
is based on their ability to rapidly, non-destructively and
automatically scan sediment cores. Not only do they rapidly provide
important proxy data without damaging samples, but they can obtain
environmental data at decadal, annual and even sub-annual scales. This
volume will help both experienced and new users of these non-destructive
core scanners take full advantage of one of the most powerful
geochemical screening tools in the environmental scientist's toolbox.