Laser ablation ICP-MS data reveals concentrations of precious and semi-metal trace elements in Fe-Ni-Cu sulfide minerals from the lower crust. The data were gathered between 2019 and 2021 at Cardiff University as part of the FAMOS project. More information is available in an open access paper by Holwell et al (2022) in Nature Geoscience.
Use Cases
- Modeling trace element partitioning based on concentrations in Fe-Ni-Cu sulfide minerals.
- Investigating ore genesis in arc systems based on lower crustal cumulate samples.
- Calibrating geochemical analysis methods using time-resolved spectral data from laser ablation ICP-MS.
Strengths
- Data were acquired over three years (2019, 2020, 2021), suggesting a multi-campaign collection effort.
- Analysis was performed using a specific ESI UP213 laser system coupled to a Thermo iCAPRQ ICP-MS system.
- The dataset is linked to a peer-reviewed open access publication in Nature Geoscience.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to samples from the Ivrea Zone in Italy.
Provenance
- Source
- British Geological Survey (BGS), Cardiff University School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Collection Method
- Laser-ablation ICP-MS analyses performed using a ESI UP213 laser system coupled to a Thermo iCAPRQ ICP-MS system.
- Time Range
- 2019, 2020, 2021
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-28 14:05:46.028035
- Geography
- Ivrea Zone, northern Italy