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Raman spectroscopy as suitable tool for the field study of recent volcanic environments
Author(s) -
Guimbretière G.,
Canizarès A.,
Finizola A.,
Delcher E.,
Raimboux N.,
Di Muro A.,
Simon P.,
Devouard B.,
Bertil A.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of raman spectroscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.748
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1097-4555
pISSN - 0377-0486
DOI - 10.1002/jrs.4887
Subject(s) - lava , volcano , raman spectroscopy , plagioclase , geology , weathering , geochemistry , rutile , mineralogy , ilmenite , quartz , optics , paleontology , physics
In 2013, a portable Raman setup was implemented for on‐site and rear‐base characterization of volcanic products. Silica and rutile rock coatings, sulfate incrustations and speleothems, plagioclase, clinopyroxene, and (Fe, Ti, Cr) oxides lava minerals were identified on the young lava flows of Piton de la Fournaise volcano. These analytical abilities opens the way of in situ study of the first aging and weathering steps of recent lava flows. This paper relates the preliminary results of the field campaign. Three months after the investigation, all the speleothems have naturally disappeared. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.