Code
3GA07811
Duration
01 January 2011 → 31 December 2014
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Other chemical sciences
- Geochemistry
- Geology
- Other biological sciences
Keywords
mantle and crustal magmas
neodymium and hafnium isotopes
Central african copperbelt
aegean arc
stratiform ore deposits
bronze age pottery
MC-ICPMS
hellenistic-roman glass
Project description
Decay of radioactive isotopes causes variations in the isotope ratios of certain elements, like neodymium and falfnium. These can be determined by MC-ICPMS, and help to source and date materials, such as ore deposits in the Central African Copperbelt, magmas erupted in volcanic areassuch as the Aegean Arc and archaeological artefacts, such as hellenistic-roman glass and Bronze Age pottery.