48059
Accession Number
26717
Author
Rapp, George, Jr
Other Author
Franklin, Alan; Olin, Jacqueline S.; Wertime, Theodore A.
Title Of Article Chaper
Trace elements as a guide to the geographical source of tin ore: smelting experiments
Title Of Journal Book
The search for ancient tin
Pages
59-63
Publisher
Smithsonian institution
Publisher City
Washington
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Meeting
Seminar on the search for ancient tin
Meeting City
Washington
Abstract
Progress report on a broad program to determine feasibility of using trace analysis in ores and smelted materials as fingerprints to establish geographical and geologic source. Types of cassiterite. Table of results. Variation in concentration of trace elements due to smelting.
Keywords
Trace, analysis; Analysis, neutron activation; Trace, analysis tin
pub_id
48059
Meeting Date
19770314; D 14 - 15 march 1977