Dear Scott and others:
References Scott mentioned are about the effect of pretreatment on
mineralogy and trace elements, not on stable isotopes; am I right?. I'm,
like Reed, very interested in how to pretreat organic-rich carbonate samples
for isotope analysis; vacuum roast vs. bleaching vs. plasma ashing or some
other methods? What happen, if no treatment?
Any comments are appreciated.
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Juske Horita
Chemical and Analytical Sciences Division
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