The multielemental ultratrace detection capability of inductively coupled plasma mass
spectrometry (ICPMS) makes it a most powerful technique. With each new version of ICPMS …

Selenium is an essential trace element for humans and animals. It plays a putative role in
the prevention of cancer and other illnesses. The increasing use of selenium in food and …

Reliable knowledge of the 79Se half-life is crucial, eg for the safety assessments of final
repositories for nuclear waste. However, a literature survey reveals an inconsistent picture …

Three significant base metal deposits were recently discovered in the Finlayson Lake
district, Yukon Territory, Canada; however, widely varying selenium contents (eg, 1,100 ppm …

Volcanic-hosted massive sulfide (VHMS) and volcanic-sediment-hosted massive sulfide
(VSHMS; ie, hosted by both volcanic and sedimentary rocks) deposits in the Finlayson Lake …

ABSTRACT Groundwater is an important medium for geochemical exploration of many
different styles of mineralization, including porphyry copper, volcanogenic massive sulphide …

This is the twenty-second annual review published in JAAS of the application of atomic
spectrometry to the chemical analysis of environmental samples. In the analysis of air, there …

Germanium (Ge) is a trace element in the Earth's crust and natural waters, averaging about
1.6 ppm in rocks and minerals (El Wardani 1957; Bernstein 1985) and 75 picomol/L in …

The isotopic signature of the chalcophile, redox-sensitive and moderately volatile element
Se in geological materials may offer valuable new insights into the origin and evolution of …

This article reviews the numerous ways in which inductively coupled plasma mass
spectrometry has been used for the analysis of environmental samples since it was …