pXRF in tropical soils: Methodology, applications, achievements and challenges

SHG Silva, BT Ribeiro, MBB Guerra… - Advances in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Proximal sensors have been increasingly used for a variety of purposes worldwide, with
great interest on portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) spectrometry applications in Soil …

Anthropogenic impact on erosion, pedogenesis and fluvial processes in the central European landscapes of the eastern Harz mountains forelands (Germany)

S Dreibrodt, CCM Langan, M Fuchs, HR Bork - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Holocene development of soils and sediments at three sites in the eastern Harz
foreland was investigated using field and laboratory methods and integrated into the …

[HTML][HTML] Earthworms, Darwin and prehistoric agriculture-Chernozem genesis reconsidered

S Dreibrodt, R Hofmann, M Dal Corso, HR Bork… - Geoderma, 2022 - Elsevier
Chernozems are among the most fertile agricultural soils on Earth and are important
terrestrial carbon reservoirs. Since the Miocene-advent of grassland-ecosystems, they …

Impact of sample preparation methods for characterizing the geochemistry of soils and sediments by portable X‐ray fluorescence

K Goff, RJ Schaetzl, S Chakraborty… - Soil Science Society …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We examined the impact of three different sample preparation methods on bulk soil
geochemistry data obtained from a hand‐held, portable X‐ray fluorescence (pXRF) …

Magnetic and geochemical record of soil impacted by 300 years of Early medieval settlement

H Grison, MP Janovský, L Lisá, J Hasil, I Štefan, K Hron… - Catena, 2023 - Elsevier
Iron oxide minerals in soils can be influenced by various environmental conditions, which
can be detected through magnetic susceptibility (χ) and its frequency dependence (χ FD%) …

pXRF method development for elemental analysis of archaeological soil

R Williams, G Taylor, C Orr - Archaeometry, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Portable X‐ray fluorescence (pXRF) is now widely used for detecting the elemental
composition of a material. Elemental analysis can enhance archaeological interpretations …

Analysis of stratigraphical sequences at Cocina Cave (Spain) using rare earth elements geochemistry

G Gallello, M Ramacciotti, O García‐Puchol… - Boreas, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigates the stratigraphical sequence of Cocina Cave (Spain) employing and
testing for the first time the capability of rare earth elements as markers of human activities in …

Making the most of soils in archaeology. A review

RB Salisbury, ID Bull, S Cereda, E Draganits… - Archaeologia …, 2022 - JSTOR
Sediments serve as an archive of human and animal activity and environmental conditions
through their physical and chemical properties as well as captured biological traces …

Elaia, Pergamon's maritime satellite: the rise and fall of an ancient harbour city shaped by shoreline migration

M Seeliger, A Pint, S Feuser, S Riedesel… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Throughout human history, communication and trade have been key to society. Because
maritime trade facilitated the rapid transportation of passengers and freight at relatively low …

Soil spatial patterns analysis at the ancient city of Ibida (Dobrogea, SE Romania), via portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry and multivariate statistical methods

RG Pîrnău, CV Patriche, B Roşca, I Vasiliniuc… - Catena, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study we investigated the potential usefulness of multi-elemental soil analysis,
obtained by a portable XRF spectrometer, to recognize ancient anthropogenic features …