TY - JOUR
T1 - Application of Avaatech X-ray fluorescence core-scanning in Sr/Ca analysis of speleothems
AU - Li, Dong
AU - Tan, Liangcheng
AU - Guo, Fei
AU - Cai, Yanjun
AU - Sun, Youbin
AU - Xue, Gang
AU - Cheng, Xing
AU - Yan, Hong
AU - Cheng, Hai
AU - Edwards, R. Lawrence
AU - Gao, Yongli
AU - Kelley, Jessica
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Science China Press and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - Application of X-ray fluorescence core-scanning (XRF-CS) on both marine and lake sediments has achieved remarkable results. However, its application has not been widely extended to the research on speleothems. In this study, we measure the Sr abundance and the Sr/Ca ratios of three stalagmites (two aragonite stalagmites, one calcite stalagmite) using the state-of-the-art fourth-generation Avaatech high-resolution XRF core scanner. Through comparisons among different scan paths and among different scan resolutions, as well as comparisons with inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer (ICP-OES), Itrax XRF, and Artax XRF results, we confirm that the Avaatech XRF core scanner could precisely, quickly, and non-destructively analyze the high-resolution Sr abundance of speleothems. Furthermore, we combine the stalagmite δ 18 O records to explore the paleoclimatic significance of the measured stalagmite Sr/Ca.
AB - Application of X-ray fluorescence core-scanning (XRF-CS) on both marine and lake sediments has achieved remarkable results. However, its application has not been widely extended to the research on speleothems. In this study, we measure the Sr abundance and the Sr/Ca ratios of three stalagmites (two aragonite stalagmites, one calcite stalagmite) using the state-of-the-art fourth-generation Avaatech high-resolution XRF core scanner. Through comparisons among different scan paths and among different scan resolutions, as well as comparisons with inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer (ICP-OES), Itrax XRF, and Artax XRF results, we confirm that the Avaatech XRF core scanner could precisely, quickly, and non-destructively analyze the high-resolution Sr abundance of speleothems. Furthermore, we combine the stalagmite δ 18 O records to explore the paleoclimatic significance of the measured stalagmite Sr/Ca.
KW - Avaatech XRF
KW - Paleoclimate
KW - Speleothem
KW - Sr/Ca
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U2 - 10.1007/s11430-018-9344-2
DO - 10.1007/s11430-018-9344-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85064207746
SN - 1674-7313
JO - Science China Earth Sciences
JF - Science China Earth Sciences
ER -