Strontium isotope ratios (87Sr/86Sr) of tooth enamel: a comparison of solution and laser ablation multicollector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry methods

被引：107

作者：

Copeland, Sandi R. ^{[1
,2
]}

Sponheimer, Matt ^{[2
]}

le Roux, Petrus J. ^{[3
]}

Grimes, Vaughan ^{[1
,4
]}

Lee-Thorp, Julia A. ^{[5
]}

de Ruiter, Darryl J. ^{[6
]}

Richards, Michael P. ^{[1
,7
]}

机构：

[1] Max Planck Inst Evolutionary Anthropol, Dept Human Evolut, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany

[2] Univ Colorado, Dept Anthropol, Boulder, CO 80309 USA

[3] Univ Cape Town, Dept Geol Sci, AEON EarthLAB, ZA-7701 Rondebosch, South Africa

[4] Mem Univ Newfoundland, Dept Anthropol & Archaeol, St John, NF A1C 5S7, Canada

[5] Univ Bradford, Div Archaeol Geog & Environm Sci, Bradford BD7 1DP, W Yorkshire, England

[6] Texas A&M Univ, Dept Anthropol, College Stn, TX 77843 USA

[7] Univ Durham, Dept Archaeol, Durham DH1 3LE, England

来源：

RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY | 2008年 / 22卷 / 20期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

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D O I：

10.1002/rcm.3717

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

Strontium isotope ratios (Sr-87/Sr-86) in tooth enamel provide a means to investigate migration and landscape use in humans and other animals. Established methods for measuring Sr-87/Sr-86 in teeth use bulk sampling (5-20 mg) and labor-intensive elemental purification procedures before analysis by either thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS) or multicollector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS). Another method for measuring Sr-87/Sr-86 is laser ablation MC-ICP-MS, but concerns have been expressed about its accuracy for measuring tooth enamel. In this study we test the precision and accuracy of the technique by analyzing 30 modem rodent teeth from the Sterkfontein Valley, South Africa by laser ablation MC-ICP-MS and solution MC-ICP-MS. The results show a mean difference in Sr-87/Sr-86 measured by laser ablation and by solution of 0.0003 +/- 0.0002. This degree of precision is well within the margin necessary for investigating the potential geographic origins of humans or animals in many areas of the world. Because laser ablation is faster, less expensive, and less destructive than bulk sampling solution methods, it opens the possibility for conducting Sr-87/Sr-86 analyses of intra-tooth samples and small and/or rare specimens such as micromammal and fossil teeth. Copyright (C) 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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页码：3187 / 3194

页数：8

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