Micro-XRF Studies of Sediment Cores: Applications of a non-destructive tool for the environmental sciences

Front Matter....Pages i-xxix
Micro-XRF Studies of Sediment Cores: A Perspective on Capability and Application in the Environmental Sciences....Pages 1-21
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
Twenty Years of XRF Core Scanning Marine Sediments: What Do Geochemical Proxies Tell Us?....Pages 25-102
Optimization of Itrax Core Scanner Measurement Conditions for Sediments from Submarine Mud Volcanoes....Pages 103-126
Use of Calibrated ITRAX XRF Data in Determining Turbidite Geochemistry and Provenance in Agadir Basin, Northwest African Passive Margin....Pages 127-146
Identification, Correlation and Origin of Multistage Landslide Events in Volcaniclastic Turbidites in the Moroccan Turbidite System....Pages 147-172
An Empirical Assessment of Variable Water Content and Grain-Size on X-Ray Fluorescence Core-Scanning Measurements of Deep Sea Sediments....Pages 173-185
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
Micro-XRF Core Scanning in Palaeolimnology: Recent Developments....Pages 189-226
Micro-XRF Applications in Fluvial Sedimentary Environments of Britain and Ireland: Progress and Prospects....Pages 227-265
Estimation of Biogenic Silica Concentrations Using Scanning XRF: Insights from Studies of Lake Malawi Sediments....Pages 267-277
Optimization of Itrax Core Scanner Protocols for the Micro X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis of Finely Laminated Sediment: A Case Study of Lacustrine Varved Sediment from the High Arctic....Pages 279-303
Investigating the Use of Scanning X-Ray Fluorescence to Locate Cryptotephra in Minerogenic Lacustrine Sediment: Experimental Results....Pages 305-324
Combined µ-XRF and Microfacies Techniques for Lake Sediment Analyses....Pages 325-349
Experiences with XRF-Scanning of Long Sediment Records....Pages 351-372
Approaches to Water Content Correction and Calibration for µXRF Core Scanning: Comparing X-ray Scattering with Simple Regression of Elemental Concentrations....Pages 373-390
Front Matter....Pages 391-391
X-Ray Core Scanners as an Environmental Forensics Tool: A Case Study of Polluted Harbour Sediment (Augusta Bay, Sicily)....Pages 393-421
Modern Pollution Signals in Sediments from Windermere, NW England, Determined by Micro-XRF and Lead Isotope Analysis....Pages 423-442
ITRAX Core Scanner Capabilities Combined with Other Geochemical and Radiochemical Techniques to Evaluate Environmental Changes in a Local Catchment, South Sydney, NSW, Australia....Pages 443-455
Front Matter....Pages 457-457
A Geochemical Approach to Improve Radiocarbon-Based Age-Depth Models in Non-laminated Sediment Series....Pages 459-472
Limited Influence of Sediment Grain Size on Elemental XRF Core Scanner Measurements....Pages 473-490
Standardization and Calibration of X-Radiographs Acquired with the ITRAX Core Scanner....Pages 491-505
Front Matter....Pages 457-457
Prediction of Geochemical Composition from XRF Core Scanner Data: A New Multivariate Approach Including Automatic Selection of Calibration Samples and Quantification of Uncertainties....Pages 507-534
Parameter Optimisation for the ITRAX Core Scanner....Pages 535-562
UV-Spectral Luminescence Scanning: Technical Updates and Calibration Developments....Pages 563-581
An Inter-comparison of µXRF Scanning Analytical Methods for Lake Sediments....Pages 583-600
Analysis of Coal Cores Using Micro-XRF Scanning Techniques....Pages 601-612
ItraxPlot: An Intuitive Flexible Program for Rapidly Visualising Itrax Data....Pages 613-624
Front Matter....Pages 625-625
Future Developments and Innovations in High-Resolution Core Scanning....Pages 627-647
Back Matter....Pages 649-656