At the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, a new high-tech tool will find answers to historic climate changes from earth and marine sediment core samples. The XRF ...

VIRGINIA KEY, FLA. (Sept. 19, 2006) – A few years ago, chemical analyses of deep sea muds that used a new X-ray technology were able to help explain why the Classic Mayan civilization collapsed more ...

The University of Minnesota Duluth Large Lakes Observatory (LLO) has acquired a new age, high-tech ITRAX X-ray fluorescence core scanner. It will permit LLO researchers to study records of past ...

Made possible through National Science Foundation funding, the XRF Core Scanner will be able to chemically analyze earth and marine sediment cores quickly to find answers to historic climate changes.