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ArticleAnalytical chemistry2026

Quantifying Trace Metals in Gunflint Microfossils by 3D Correlative X-ray Nanoimaging.

Laurence Lemelle, Dmitry Karpov, Alexandre Simionovici, Lara Maldanis, Juan C Fontecilla-Camps, Ana Diaz, Mirko Holler, Dario Ferreira Sanchez, Rémi Tucoulou, Peter Cloetens and 6 more

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16 authors.

Laurence LemelleLGL-TPE, ENS de Lyon, Univ. de Lyon, CNRS, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France.ORCID 0000-0002-7082-5564
Dmitry KarpovSwiss Light Source (SLS), Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-5095-7300
Alexandre SimionoviciISTerre, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. de Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR, 38058 Grenoble, France.ORCID 0000-0001-5349-6482
Lara MaldanisISTerre, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. de Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR, 38058 Grenoble, France.ORCID 0000-0001-8835-4679
Juan C Fontecilla-CampsInstitut de Biologie Structurale, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, 38000 Grenoble, France.ORCID 0000-0002-3901-1378
Ana DiazSwiss Light Source (SLS), Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-0479-4752
Mirko HollerSwiss Light Source (SLS), Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-8141-0148
Dario Ferreira SanchezSwiss Light Source (SLS), Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.
Rémi TucoulouESRF - The European Synchrotron, ID16A/ID16B/ID21 Beamline, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.ORCID 0000-0002-8038-5275
Peter CloetensESRF - The European Synchrotron, ID16A/ID16B/ID21 Beamline, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
Wout De NolfESRF - The European Synchrotron, ID16A/ID16B/ID21 Beamline, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
Elisabeth Agnes Müller GublerElectron Microscopy Facility, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.
Alain ManceauLaboratoire de Chimie, ENS de Lyon, Univ. de Lyon, CNRS, 69342 Lyon Cedex 07, France.ORCID 0000-0003-0845-611X
Laurent BonneviotLaboratoire de Chimie, ENS de Lyon, Univ. de Lyon, CNRS, 69342 Lyon Cedex 07, France.ORCID 0000-0002-9092-8966
Kurt KonhauserDepartment of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E3, Canada.
Russell ShapiroDepartment of Geological and Environmental Sciences, California State University Chico, Chico, California 95929-0205, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Probing elemental and structural heterogeneities is essential for understanding how materials evolve and degrade, yet correlating chemical and structural information across mesoscale specimens at the nanoscale remains analytically challenging. Here, we introduce a nondestructive correlative workflow that combines three-dimensional data sets from nanoscale X-ray ptychographic and fluorescence tomographies acquired on the same sample at dedicated synchrotron instruments. This workflow was developed and applied to quantify metal traces within individual low-Z compartments of a whole 1.88-billion-year-old Gunflint microfossil exhibiting a distinctive nanoscale architecture characteristic of thick-walled

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FossilsImaging, Three-DimensionalNanotechnologyTrace ElementsX-RaysTrace Elements

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PMID41921961
PMCPMC13084626

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