Quantitative trace element analysis of single fluid inclusions by proton-induced X-ray emission (PIXE): application to fluid inclusions in hydrothermal quartz

Magmatic–hydrothermal evolution of highly fractionated granites: Evidence from the Kuiqi miarolite in Fujian province, SE China

“…In the last two decades, the melt-and fluid inclusion approach has become more powerful with the use of modern microbeam technology (Hammerli et al, 2013;Heinrich et al, 2003;Kurosawa et al, 2003;Morales et al, 2016;Sirbescu et al, 2013). So far, the vast majority of researches have been focused on hydrothermal mineralized intrusions, whereas only a few studies dealt with the entire magmatic evolution which is important for the ore formation (Audétat et al, 2008;Frezzotti, 1992;Hansteen and Lustenhouwer, 1990;Shan et al, 2011;Shinohara, 1994;Yang and Bodnar, 1994).…”

Inferring origin of mercury inclusions in quartz by multifractal analysis

“…However, studying fluid inclusions poses many difficulties for precise analysis because of the high mobility and evaporation involved. Therefore, non-destructive analytical methods, such as micro-Raman spectroscopy (Burke, 2001;Frezzotti et al, 2012), synchrotron-radiation X-ray fluorescence (SR-XRF) (Schmidt and Rickers, 2003;Tsuchiyama et al, 2009) and proton-induced X-ray emission (PIXE) (Kurosawa et al, 2003), have been developed for the chemical analysis of individual fluid inclusions in minerals. It is also necessary to observe the spatial distribution of different fluid inclusion populations within a mineral grain to establish their paragenetic succession relative to the mineral formation (i.e., primary, secondary and pseudo-secondary inclusions) (e.g., Takeuchi, 1975;Roedder, 1984).…”

Quantitative PIXE analyses of single fluid inclusions in quartz crystals with a 1.92-MeV tandetron

“…[2][3][4], and the technique is also useful for trace-element analyses of single fluid inclusions buried in a mineral matrix because of the large penetration of the high-energy ion beam [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. In quantitative fluid inclusion analyses, total analytical errors of ±11% relative for 0168-583X/$ -see front matter Ó 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.…”