Bear diet, seasonality and migration based on chemical multielemental teeth analyses

• Authors: NÝVLTOVÁ FIŠÁKOVÁ Miriam; GALIOVÁ Michaela; KAISER Jozef; FORTES Francisco Javier; NOVOTNÝ Karel; MALINA Radomír; VACULOVIČ Tomáš; PROKEŠ Lubomír; HRDLIČKA Aleš; SVOBODA Jiří; LASERNA Javier
• Year of publication: 2009
• Type: Conference abstract
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Description: Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) and Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) were utilized for microspatial analyses of bear (Ursus arctos) tooth dentine. The distribution of selected trace elements (Sr, Ba, Fe) was measured. The Na and Mg content together with the distribution of matrix elements (Ca, P) was also monitored within this area. LIBS crater depths were measured by an optical profilometer. It is shown that LIBS, similarly to LA-ICP-MS can be successfully utilized for fast, spatially resolved analysis of prehistorical teeth samples.

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