LA-ICP-MS for heavy metal analysis of fish scales in sediment

• Authors: HOLÁ Markéta; KALVODA Jiří; BÁBEK Ondřej; BRZOBOHATÝ Rostislav; HOLOUBEK Ivan; KANICKÝ Viktor; ŠKODA Radek
• Year of publication: 2008
• Type: Conference abstract
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Description: The heavy metal content was studied in fish scales of recent fish and in the subrecent fish scales in boreholes in the oxbow lake sediments of the Morava River. In order to obtain reliable results a method of laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LAICP- MS) was combined with an electron microprobe analysis (EMPA). The study has revealed substantial differences in heavy metal content in recent and subrecent fish scales a few years old documenting the extreme rapidity of the diagenesis/fossilization processes.

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