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Energetic ion beam analysis in the Earth sciences

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Analytical techniques using energetic ion beams are now being used to address important problems of water–rock interaction and mantle dynamics. Their unique capability is to probe the outermost few micrometres of minerals and glasses, providing multi-element depth profiles of this very important surface layer.

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  1. Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Fontenay aux Roses, CEN-FAR, BP 6, 92265, Fontenay aux Roses Cedex, France

    J.-C. Petit

  2. Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaires et de Spectrométrie de Masse, Bat. 104-108, BP 1, 91405, Orsay, France

    J.-C. Petit

  3. the Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Università di Trento, 38050, Mesiano

    G. Delia Mea

  4. Instituto Interuniversitário di Fisica della Materia, Unità di Padova, 35131, Padova, Italy

    G. Delia Mea

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Petit, JC., Mea, G. Energetic ion beam analysis in the Earth sciences. Nature 344, 621–626 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1038/344621a0

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