The application of ICP-MS to the fields of proteomics and genomics has arisen in part due to its ability to detect and quantify trace levels of S and P, which are major constituents in proteins and nucleic acids respectively. The development of collision/reaction cell technology and high resolution instruments has enabled these biologically important elements to be measured and quantified at the pg - ng ml-1 level. Despite these advances, the detection limits of P and S are still inferior compared to other elements. Oligonucleotides containing biotin functionality were labelled with Au nano-particles attached to a streptavidin protein to achieve site specific labelling, with 100% labelling efficiency. Each nano-particle contained ~86 Au atoms, resulting in an 882 fold signal enhancement for 24 base length oligonucleotides. However, this enhancement factor was only observed when one oligonucleotide bound to one nano-particle in a 1:1 ratio. Much lower Au labelling efficiencies and signal enhancements were observed when thiolated oligonucleotides were labelled with maleimide functionalised gold nano-particles. This was attributed to the extensive and difficult sample preparation steps that were required prior to labelling. The detection and quantification of adducts formed between DNA and the Pt anti-cancer drugs cisplatin and oxaliplatin were also investigated with ICP-MS. Acid digestion of the carbon based DNA matrix enabled Pt adducts to be quantified at low dose rates of 1 Pt atom per 1 500 000 nucleotides in ~12 μg DNA. Such sensitive mass spectrometric determinations could be employed in clinical tests to detect and quantify low level adducts formed in patients in-vivo. To complement ICP-MS analysis, electrospray ionisation linear ion trap mass spectrometry was employed to study the interaction of oxaliplatin with the four DNA nucleobases. Multiple stage mass spectrometry enabled detailed Pt-nucleobase adduct fragmentation pathways to be established. The method of DNA detection using P in conjunction with the collision cell, or cool plasma to form PO+ was also demonstrated and the limitations of the method, namely, polyatomic interferences and severe matrix effects were highlighted.

The main focus of the PhD study was to develop new gel electrophoresis and ICP-MS based methods to analyze a wide variety of the bio-molecules such as proteins, phosphoproteins and metalloproteins etc. The tricine-sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (tricine-SDS-PAGE) method is commonly used to resolve low molecular mass proteins, however, it requires a high percentage gel and a very complicated procedure to achieve this separation. This study describes a modification to tricine-SDS-PAGE to make it more effective for the separation of smaller proteins and for coupling to ICP-MS. The modified method employs low percentage PAGE gels and low reagent concentrations that provide efficient separations, good quantitation and low matrix levels that are compatible with ICP-MS. This modified method was applied to analyze phosphopeptides. Phosphopeptides are very small in size and difficult to separate using the other techniques such as Laemmli SDS-PAGE, original tricine-SDS-PAGE, immobilized metal affinity chromatography (IMAC), size exclusion chromatography (SEC) etc. In this study a simplified procedure is described based on modifying the original tricine-SDS-PAGE method. A comparative study showed that this modified method successfully resolved a digest mixture of very low to high molecular mass phosphopeptides/peptides. In off-line coupling of this method with ICP-MS, much better recoveries of the peptides from the gel were obtained as compared to traditional methods which indicate the compatibility of this modified method for quantitative studies. An on-line coupling of the modified system with ICP-MS was also demonstrated and it was applied for the separation, detection and quantification of phosphopeptides. Another application of this modified system was the separation of serum proteins. Blood serum contains five major protein groups i.e., albumin, alpha-1 globulin, alpha-2 globulin, beta globulin and gamma globulin. The separation of these five major proteins in a single gel is difficult to achieve using traditional methods. The modified system was shown to be superior for the separation of these serum proteins in a 7% (m/v) native-PAGE gel and a cellulose acetate membrane. A further study was carried out into controlling the factors that cause metal loss and protein fragmentation in SDS-PAGE. Using a reducing sample buffer, and heating to high temperatures (90-100ºC) in alkaline or acidic conditions may cause protein fragmentation and decrease the metal binding affinity. 70ºC was found suitable to prepare the sample at neutral, alkaline or acidic pH as no fragmentation observed. To prevent metal loss, the binding constant (log K) values of metal-amino acids, play the major role. Those metals which have high binding affinities with the amino acids in proteins can also be affected by the variation of the pH so prior information about pH to maintain the binding constant values is essential to minimize metal loss. This was observed in the loss of zinc, and to a lesser extent copper from human serum albumin (HSA) as measured by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The method described above was applied for the separation and quantification of the serum proteins obtained from age-related macular degeneration (AMD) patients (where the AMD patients were from Moorfields Eye Hospital, London). Zn and Cu were quantified employing external calibration. Zn concentration showed variation whilst Cu did not show any significant variations in samples from AMD patients. A brief study of the interaction of cisplatin and oxaliplatin with HSA and transferrin was also performed. Cisplatin bound much faster than oxaliplatin with HSA. After 24 hours incubation, cisplatin showed a decrease in signal intensity which indicates that cisplatin binding decreases with time. Cisplatin binding with transferrin as compared to HSA was not significant, which could be the result of unstable Pt-transferrin complex formation. Oxaliplatin did not show high binding to either protein, perhaps due to the presence of the bulky, non polar DACH ligand.

Dans les milieux contaminés par les métaux, les organismes vivants sont exposés à plusieurs d’entre eux en même temps. Les modèles courants de prédiction des effets biologiques des métaux sur les organismes (p. ex., modèle du ligand biotique, BLM ; modèle de l’ion libre, FIAM), sont des modèles d’équilibre chimique qui prévoient, en présence d'un deuxième métal, une diminution de la bioaccumulation du métal d’intérêt et par la suite une atténuation de ses effets. Les biomarqueurs de toxicité, tels que les phytochélatines (PCs), ont été utilisés comme étant un moyen alternatif pour l’évaluation des effets biologiques. Les phytochélatines sont des polypeptides riches en cystéine dont la structure générale est (γ-glu-cys)n-Gly où n varie de 2 à 11. Leur synthèse semble dépendante de la concentration des ions métalliques ainsi que de la durée de l’ exposition de l’organisme, aux métaux. L'objectif de cette étude était donc de déterminer, dans les mélanges binaires de métaux, la possibilité de prédiction de la synthèse des phytochélatines par les modèles d’équilibres chimiques, tel que le BLM. Pour cela, la quantité de phytochélatines produites en réponse d’une exposition aux mélanges binaires : Cd-Ca, Cd-Cu et Cd-Pb a été mesurée tout en surveillant l’effet direct de la compétition par le biais des concentrations de métaux internalisés. En effet, après six heures d’exposition, la bioaccumulation de Cd diminue en présence du Ca et de très fortes concentrations de Pb et de Cu (de l’ordre de 5×10-6 M). Par contre, avec des concentrations modérées de ces deux métaux, le Cd augmente en présence de Cu et ne semble pas affecté par la présence de Pb. Dans le cas de la compétition Cd-Cu, une bonne corrélation a été observée entre la production de PC2, PC3 et PC4 et la quantité des métaux bioaccumulés. Pour la synthèse des phytochélatines et la bioaccumulation, les effets étaient considérés comme synergiques. Dans le cas du Cd-Ca, les quantités de PC3 et PC4 ont diminué avec le métal internalisé (effet antagoniste), mais ce qui était remarquable était la grande quantité de cystéine (GSH) et PC2 qui ont été produites à de fortes concentrations du Ca. Le Pb seul n’a pas induit les PCs. Par conséquent, il n’y avait pas de variation de la quantité de PCs avec la concentration de Pb à laquelle les algues ont été exposées. La détection et la quantification des PCs ont été faites par chromatographie à haute performance couplée d’un détecteur de fluorescence (HPLC-FL). Tandis que les concentrations métalliques intracellulaires ont été analysées par spectroscopie d’absorption atomique (AAS) ou par spectrométrie de masse à source plasma à couplage inductif (ICP-MS). / In contaminated environments, organisms are often exposed to multiple contaminants at the same time. Based upon the current models for predicting metal effects on organisms (e.g., Biotic Ligand Model, BLM, the free ion model, FIAM), the presence of a second metal is predicted to decrease the bioaccumulation and biological effects of the first. In contrast to this prediction, antagonistic, synergistic and additive effects have been well documented in the literature. Phytochelatins (PCs) are a family of thiol-rich peptides with a general structure (γ-Glu-Cys)n-Gly with n=2-11. PCs are involved in both metal homeostasis and the protection of plants from metal toxicity, through their role as metal chelators. Their synthesis depends upon the metal exposure, the duration of exposure and the biological species involved. Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine, in binary mixtures of metals, if the synthesis of phytochelatins could be predicted using equilibrium models, such as the BLM. The study initially examined binary mixtures: Cd-Ca, Cd-Pb and Cd-Cu by comparing the quantity of internalized metal to the amount of phytochelatins produced by Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in response to a metal stress. The bioaccumulation results, after six hours of exposure, showed that Cd decreased in the presence of Ca and very high concentrations of Pb and Cu. In contrast, it increased in the presence of Cu and remained unchanged in the presence of moderate concentrations of Pb. For mixtures of Cu and Cd, a good correlation was observed between the production of PC2, PC3 and PC4 and the quantity of internalized metals. Both bioaccumulation and phytochelatin synthesis were considered to be synergistic. For mixtures of Cd and Ca, the amount of PC3 and PC4 produced decreased with the internalized metal (antagonistic effect); however, in the presence of added Ca, GSH and PC2 production was much higher than predicted. The detection and quantification of the PCs were performed using an optimized protocol for high performance liquid chromatography coupled with fluorescence detection (HPLC-FL); metal uptake was determined using atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) or inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS).

ELEMENTAL AND ISOTOPIC STUDY OF DIFFERENTIATED METEORITES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF THEIR PARENT BODIES Iron meteorites are differentiated meteorites composed largely of Fe-Ni alloys. The metallic phase of many iron meteorites shows a texture called the Widmanstätten pattern, which develops as a two-phase intergrowth of kamacite (α-bcc, ferrite) and taenite (γ-fcc, austenite), and forms by nucleation and growth of kamacite from taenite during slow cooling of the parent body. Selected iron meteorites - octahedrites of different structural and chemical groups (Canyon Diablo, Toluca, Bohumilitz, Horh Uul, Alt Biela, Nelson County, Gibeon and Joe Wright Mountain) were studied with intention to evaluate the scale and extent of Fe isotopic heterogeneities in iron meteorites and to find the possible link between the isotopic variations and thermal histories of the respective meteorite parent bodies. The Fe isotopic compositions of kamacite and taenite in the studied meteorites, obtained by three independent analytical techniques with different spatial resolution capabilities (laser ablation and solution MC ICP-MS and SIMS) show significant variations of up to ~4.5‰ in δ56 Fe. The taenite is isotopically heavier compared to kamacite in all studied meteorites. There is no correlation...

Le Sélénium (Se) est un oligo-élément essentiel qui est incorporé dans une famille indispensable de protéines, les sélénoprotéines, sous la forme d’un résidu acide aminé rare, la sélénocystéine. Dans les études épidémiologiques, il apparait clairement que des faibles niveaux de sélénium dans les fluides biologiques sont associés avec (i) une augmentation du risque de cancers (colon, prostate, poumon) et de maladies cardiovasculaires, (ii) une altération de la fonction immunitaire et (iii) finalement une réduction de l’espérance de vie. Dans le génome humain, vingt-cinq gènes de sélénoprotéine ont été identifiés. Ces gènes expriment, de par la complexité de la régulation du génome, de nombreuses isoformes de chacun des 25 gènes pour constituer le sélénoprotéome. Quand la fonction est connue, ces protéines participent à des processus essentiels de défense antioxydante, d’homéostasie redox et de signalisation redox. Ces enzymes sont finement régulées par l’apport en sélénium et d’autres stimuli cellulaires. Pour comprendre la fonction et la régulation du sélénoprotéome humain, qui est exprimé à un niveau trace, il s’avère critique de développer une stratégie innovante basée sur une approche multidisciplinaire de détection et quantification du sélénium par différents outils de spectrométrie de masse élémentaire (ICP MS) et moléculaire (ESI-MS/MS). Tout d’abord, le sélénium possède un profil isotopique bien particulier avec six isotopes stables (74Se, 76Se, 77Se, 78Se, 80Se and 82Se) qui sert de signature dans nos analyses en ICP-MS ou en ESI-MS/MS. En parallèle, l’utilisation de sélénium isotopiquement enrichi permet également des marquages cellulaires en multiplexing. Ainsi, en couplant des méthodes de séparation en phase liquide (HPLC) ou en gel d’électrophorèse (IEF ou SDS-PAGE échantilloné par ablation laser) avec l’ICP MS, nous avons mis au point plusieurs méthodes permettant la détection de plusieurs sélénoprotéines de manière simultanée dans différentes lignées cellulaires. De plus, un médicament sélénié sous forme de triglycéride obtenu via un mélange d’huile de tournesol et de sélénite a été testé comme source de sélénium non toxique pouvant stimuler la production de sélénoprotéines. Plusieurs lignées cellulaires humaines cancéreuses et non-cancéreuses ont été expérimentées avec succès permettant de valider cette nouvelle source de sélénium dans la synthèse des sélénoprotéines. / Selenium (Se) is an essential trace element, which is incorporated as a rare aminoacid, selenocysteine, in twenty five selenoproteins, to constitute the selenoproteome. Selenoprotein family is one of the most important bioactive form of selenium in human health. Initially demonstrated in Kashin Beck and Keshan diseases, selenium deficiency is associated with several pathological conditions, including cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, immune and muscular disorders. Chronic selenium deficiency is hypothesized to decrease antioxidant defenses and redox regulatory pathways through a dysregulation of selenoprotein expression. We are interested in understanding the synthesis and regulation of human selenoproteins, which is critically dependent on the availability of adequate analytical methodology. To understand the function and regulation of human selenoproteome, which is expressed at a trace levels, it appears critical to develop innovative strategies based on a multidisciplinary approach to detect and quantify selenium by various elemental and molecular mass spectrometer tools. First, selenium has a particular isotopic profile with six stable isotope (74Se, 76Se, 77Se, 78Se, 80Se and 82Se) used as a signature in our analysis with ICP-MS or ESI-MS/MS. In parallel, the use of isotopically enriched selenium also allows cellular labelling and tracing of selenoproteins and other seleno-coupounds. By coupling liquid phase separation methods (HPLC) with specific mass spectrometry analytical tools, we have developed several methods for detecting several selenoproteins simultaneously in various human cell lines.

O rio Corumbataí, principal tributário do rio Piracicaba, e fonte de abastecimento da cidade de Piracicaba, vêm sofrendo degradação desde a sua nascente, na cidade de Analândia até sua foz, no rio Piracicaba. Entre 2005 e 2006, foram determinados os teores dos elementos: Be, Al, Na, Mg, Ca, K, V, Mn, Fe, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Se, Ag, Cd, Sb, Ba, Hg, Pb, Th, Tl, U por Espectrofotometria de massas com fonte de plasma induzido (ICP-MS) e as propriedades físicas, químicas e microbiológicas, na água e sedimento do rio Corumbataí. As coletas foram realizadas em setembro e dezembro de 2005 e em março, junho e setembro de 2006. Na água, os elementos foram determinados na fração dissolvida, filtrando-se a amostra em campo e preservando-se com HNO3 e na fração total, utilizando-se o método de extração aberta com o uso de HNO3 e HCl. No sedimento, os elementos foram determinados na fração trocável, agitando-se por 12 horas em HCl 1 mol L-1 e na fração total, com a extração em forno microonda. Nas amostras de água, foi calculado o Índice de qualidade da água (IQA), o que demonstrou uma diminuição na qualidade ao longo dos anos, principalmente nos pontos localizados na região à jusante de Rio Claro (RJ) e Piracicaba (PI). O Fósforo Total, Turbidez, pH, OD, Clorofila-a, Escherichia Coli, DBO e os metais Fe e Al dissolvido, Mn, Cd e Hg total, apresentaram concentrações acima do Conama 357/2005 para rios classe 2 em diversos pontos e épocas de coleta, ao longo do rio. No sedimento, os metais Cr, Ni, Cu, As, Cd, Hg, Pb não apresentaram valores acima dos preconizados pela Companhia de Tecnologia de Saneamento - CETESB como causadores de efeitos tóxicos. Os outros metais não possuem valores máximos de referência na legislação brasileira. Os elementos que apresentaram fração trocável maior que 50% em todos os pontos de coleta foram: Na, Ca, Mn, Tl, Co, Cu, Be, Pb. A análise estatística multivariada de componentes principais e a análise de agrupamento indica os pontos RJ e PI, como os mais comprometidos e demonstra que o IQA é um bom indicador da qualidade ao longo da bacia hidrográfica. / The Corumbataí River, main tributary of the Piracicaba river and source of water supply to the city of Piracicaba has been suffering degradation from its waterhead in the city of Analândia to its mouth in the Piracicaba river. In 2005 and 2006 were determined the concentration of the elements, Be, Al, Na, Mg, Ca, K, V, Mn, Fe, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Se, Ag, Cd, Sb, Ba, Hg, Pb, Th, Tl, U by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS), as well as physicochemical and microbiological proprieties, in the water and sediments of the Corumbataí River. The collections were carried out in September and December of 2005 and March, June and September of 2006. In the water, the elements in the dissolved fraction were determined by filtering the sample in field and preserving themselves with HNO3, and in the total fraction, by using the method of open extration using HNO3 and HCl. In the sediment, the elements were determined in the exchangeable fraction, by agitating for 12 hours in HCl 1 mol L-1 and in the total fraction, with the extration in microwave. In the samples of water, the water quality Index (WQI) was calculated, and the results showed a reduction in the quality throughout the years, mainly in the points located in the region downstream regions of Rio Claro, (RJ), and Piracicaba, (PI). The Total Phosphorus, Turbidity, pH, Dissolved Oxygen, Chlorophyill-a, Escherichia Coli, BOD and the dissolved metals Al and Fe, and total Hg, Mn, Cd presented concentrations above Conama 357/2005 for rivers class 2 in several points and periods of collection, along the river. In the sediment, the Cr, Ni, Cu, As, Cd, Hg, Pb did not present values above the recommended ones by Companhia de Tecnologia de Saneamento - CETESB as responsible for toxic effect. Reference values for the the other metals are not indicated in the Brazilian legislation. The elements that presented bigger exchangeable fraction than 50% in all the collection points were: Na, Ca, Mn, Tl, Co, Cu, Be, Pb. The multivaried statistical analysis of main components and the Hierarchical Cluster Analysis indicated RJ and PI points, as the most damaged and showed that the WQI is a good indicative of quality along the hydrographic basin.

Chemical weathering of silicate rock consumes atmospheric CO2 and supplies the oceans with cations, thereby controlling both seawater chemistry and climate. The rate of CO2 consumption is closely linked to the rate of CO2 outgassing from the planetary interior, providing a negative feedback loop essential to maintaining an equable climate on Earth. Reconstruction of past global temperatures indicates that a pronounced episode of global cooling began ~50 million years ago, coincident with the collision of India and Asia, and the subsequent exhumation of the Himalayas and Tibet. This has drawn attention to the possible links between exhumation, erosion, changes in silicate weathering rates, and climate. However, many of the present-day weathering processes operating on the continents remain debated and poorly constrained, hampering our interpretations of marine geochemical archives and past climatic shifts. To constrain the controls on silicate weathering, this thesis investigates the lithium (Li) isotopic composition of river waters, suspended sediments and bed load sediments in the Alaknanda river basin, forming the headwaters of the Ganges. Due to the large fractionation of Li isotopes in the Earth’s surface environment, Li is sensitive to small changes in silicate weathering processes. As a consequence of the pronounced gradients in climate (rainfall and temperature) and erosion across the basin, the river waters show large variations in their Li isotopic composition (δ7Li), ranging from +7.4 to +35.4‰, covering much of the observed global variation. This allows a detailed investigation of the controls on Li isotope fractionation, and by extension silicate weathering. The Li isotopic composition is modelled using a one-dimensional reactive transport model. The model incorporates the continuous input of Li from rock dissolution, removal due to secondary mineral formation, and hydrology along subsurface flow paths. Modelling shows that the Li isotopic variations can be described by two dimensionless variables; (1) the Damköhler number, ND, which relates the silicate dissolution rate to the fluid transit time, and (2) the net partition coefficient of Li during weathering, kp, describing the partitioning of Li between secondary clay minerals and water, which is primarily controlled by the stoichiometry of the weathering reactions. The derived values of the controlling parameters ND and kp, are investigated over a range of climatic conditions and on a seasonal basis, shedding light onto variations in the silicate weathering cycle. In a kinetically limited weathering regime such as the Himalayan Mountains, both climate and erosion exert critical controls the weathering intensity (the fraction of eroded rock which is dissolved) and the weathering progression (which minerals that are being weathered), and consequently the fractionation of Li isotopes and silicate weathering in general. Modelling of the Li isotopic composition provides an independent estimate of the parameters which control silicate weathering. These estimates are then used to constrain variables such as subsurface fluid flux, silicate dissolution rates, fluid transit times and the fraction of rock which is weathered to form secondary clay minerals. The simple one-dimensional reactive transport model therefore provides a powerful tool to investigate the minimum controls on silicate weathering on the continents.

Neste trabalho, a decomposição por via úmida em sistema fechado assistida por radiação micro-ondas (MW-AD) e a decomposição por via úmida em sistema fechado assistida por radiação micro-ondas e ultravioleta (MW-UV) foram avaliadas para amostras comerciais de biodiesel para posterior determinação de Ba, Co, Cr, Cu, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb, Sr, V e Zn por espectrometria de massa com setor eletromagnético com plasma indutivamente acoplado (SF-ICP-MS). A MW-AD empregando ácido diluído foi primeiramente avaliada sendo possível a decomposição de até 700 mg de biodiesel com HNO3 7 mol L-1 e 2 mL de H2O2 30% (m/m). As soluções finais apresentaram teor de carbono residual (RCC) de 8,7% e acidez residual (RA) de 4%. Posteriormente, com o objetivo de obter maior eficiência de decomposição, o método MW-UV foi avaliado para a decomposição de biodiesel. Com o emprego deste método até 950 mg de amostra foram decompostas com HNO3 7 mol L-1 e soluções finais com RCC de 17,4% e RA de 19,3% foram obtidas. As soluções finais, para ambos os métodos, foram adequadas para a determinação de elementos traço por SF-ICP-MS. Possíveis interferências na etapa de determinação dos analitos, causadas pela presença de carbono residual, foram estudadas através do emprego de padrão interno 115In e de ensaios de recuperação de analito para monitorar a formação de espécies poliatômicas no plasma. Os resultados obtidos mostraram a necessidade da utilização de padrão interno, sendo o instrumento operado no modo de baixa resolução para a determinação da maioria dos analitos, com exceção de 52Cr, para o qual o instrumento foi operado no modo de média resolução. A exatidão dos métodos propostos foi avaliada mediante a análise de material de referência certificado, obtendo-se resultados concordantes, com nível de confiança de 95% (teste t-student), com os valores certificados para a maioria dos elementos. Ensaios de adição de analito também foram feitos para a avaliação da exatidão e recuperações de 92 à 109% foram obtidas. Os limites de detecção (LD) obtidos para o método MW-UV foram inferiores aos obtidos para MW-AD, na faixa de 0,08 a 6,9 ng g-1 e 1,0 a 14 ng g-1, respectivamente. / In this work, the microwave-assisted digestion (MW-AD) and microwave-assisted ultraviolet digestion (MW-UV) were evaluated for commercial biodiesel samples for subsequent determination of Ba, Co, Cr, Cu, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb, Sr, V and Zn by sector field inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (SF-ICP-MS). Using the MW-AD method with diluted acid up to 700 mg of biodiesel were digested with 7 mol L-1 HNO3 and 2 mL of 30% (w/w) H2O2. Final solutions presented residual carbon content (RCC) of 8.7% and residual acidity (RA) of 4%. In order to improve the digestion efficiency, the MW-UV method was evaluated for biodiesel digestion. Using MW-UV method up to 950 mg of sample were digested with 7 mol L-1 HNO3 and the final solutions with RCC of 17.4% and RA of 19.3% were obtained. The final solutions obtained for both methods were suitable for the determination of trace elements by SF-ICP-MS. Interferences in the determination step were studied using 115In as internal standard and analyte recovery to monitor the formation of polyatomic species in the plasma. The low resolution mode was used for the determination of almost of the analytes with the exception of 52Cr that was determine using medium resolution mode. Accuracy of the investigated methods were evaluated by analysis of certified reference material and the values obtained were in agreement with 95% confidence level (t-student test) with the certified values for all elements. Analyte recovery was also performed to evaluate the accuracy and recoveries of 92 to 109% were obtained. The limits of detection (LOD) obtained by the MW-UV method were lower than MW-AD method and are in the range of 0.08 to 6.9 ng g -1 and 1.0 to 14 ng g -1, respectively.

L’analyse du pétrole et de ses dérivés est d'une grande importance pour l'industrie pétrolière et de l'environnement, et que dans sa matrice contient un ensemble de métaux (V, Ni, Fe, etc) et les non-métaux (S, N, Cl, etc) qui ont un grand impact au cours du raffinage et des procédés de combustion. La quantification de ces éléments est devenu sujet commun dans de nombreux laboratoires d'analyse. À l'heure actuelle, il existe des méthodes standard pour la quantification de ces éléments à l'aide des techniques spectroscopiques telles que la plasma à couplage inductif (ICP), la vaporisation électrothermique (ETV), analyse par activation neutronique (NAA), des métaux et des non-métaux, et des techniques potentiométriques les non-métaux tels que les halogènes. Ces méthodes, bien qu'elles soient validées, montrent des formalités fastidieuses, vous pouvez demander stratégies d’étalonnages bons et, dans certains cas, nécessite l'utilisation de normes coûteuses organométalliques. En raison de ces raisons a été soulevée dans le présent document rechercher de nouvelles formes de dosage pour l'analyse élémentaire dans le pétrole et ses dérivés en utilisant des méthodologies sensibles, rapides et faciles. La première idée qui se pose est de l'échantillon enrobé dans une matrice de xérogel de solide brut, ce qui pose le profit pour préparer les normes d'étalonnage à l'aide de solutions aqueuses de concentration connue et en les encapsulant dans la même manière. Cette huile manière encapsulée dans xérogel a été validée à l'aide LA ICP-MS et LIBS et les limites de détection ont été obtenus à partir de 0,7 ng g-1 pour Ni, 0,8 ng g-1 pour V et 1,5 ng g- 1 S, avec une reproductibilité entre 1 à 3%. L'analyse de spéciation ont également soulevé des molécules associées à V, Ni et S par chromatographie sur couche mince et surveillés par MS PCI ainsi trouvé une famille de différenciation molécules associées à ces éléments entre différentes fractions de pétrole brut et la matrice de l'échantillon même que les limites de détection ont été trouvés pour Ni et V de 18 ng g-1 et 23 ng g-1 respectivement. Il a également été observé que l'utilisation de ces méthodes d'analyse peut prendre moins de temps pour atteindre certains protocoles d'analyse systématique et finalement échouer à générer très peu de déchets dans l'environnement. / Analysis of crude oil and its derivatives is of great importance for the crude oil industry and the environment, and that within its matrix contains a set of metals (V, Ni, Fe, etc.) and nonmetals (S, N, Cl, etc) which have great impact during the refining and combustion processes. Quantification of these elements has become common subject matter in many analytical laboratories. Currently, there are standard methods for the quantification of these elements using spectroscopic techniques such as inductively coupled plasma (ICP), electrothermal vaporization (ETV), neutron activation analysis (NAA), for metals and some non-metals, and potentiometric techniques non-metals such as halogens. These methods, although they are validated, show time-consuming procedures, it can not raise a good calibration strategies and in some cases requires the use of expensive organometallic standards. Because of these reasons was raised in this paper find new forms of quantification for elemental analysis in the oil and its derivatives using sensitive methodologies, quick and easy. The first idea that arises is the sample encapsulated within a crude solid xerogel matrix, this poses the advantage to prepare our own calibration standards using aqueous solutions of known concentration and encapsulating them in the same way. This way crude oil encapsulated in xerogel was validated using LA ICP MS and LIBS and detection limits were obtained from 0.7 ng g-1 for Ni, 0.8 ng g-1 for V and 1.5 ng g-1 S, with a reproducibility between 1 to 3%. Also raised speciation analysis of molecules associated with V, Ni and S by thin layer chromatography and monitored by LA ICP MS, thus was found a family of differentiation-associated molecules to these elements between different fractions of crude and the same sample matrix, as detection limits were found for Ni and V of 18 ng g-1 and 23 ng g-1 respectively. It was also observed that the use of these methods of analysis may take less time to reach some systematic analysis protocols and ultimately fail to generate very little waste to the environment.

Une bonne compréhension du comportement des radiochronomètres est essentielle pour mener des études de thermochronologie visant à contraindre des processus géodynamiques. Cependant, le comportement des radiochronomètres est complexe car dicté par un grand nombre de facteurs intrinsèques et extrinsèques au système étudié. Au cours de cette thèse, nous avons cherché à déterminer quels étaient les facteurs critiques lors des processus de rééquilibrage isotopique survenant durant un événement métamorphique de haut grade. Ainsi, nous avons étudié le comportement des systèmes isotopiques Rb/Sr, Ar/Ar et Sm/Nd lors de l'éclogitisation partielle (contrôlée par la déformation et la circulation de fluides) au Calédonien de roches granulitiques grenvilliennes dans l'Arc de Bergen en Norvège. Nous montrons, grâce à une étude géochronologique fine associée à différentes observations (pétrologiques, géochimiques in situ et sur fractions minérales, diffraction X et isotopes de l'oxygène) permettant de contraindre avec précision le flux des éléments d'un site textural vers un autre au cours des réactions d'éclogitisation, que le facteur principal garantissant un rééquilibrage isotopique complet pour les systèmes Rb/Sr et Sm/Nd lors d'un événement métamorphique de haut grade est la redistribution homogène des éléments à l'échelle de l'échantillon. Cependant, la circulation de fluides et la déformation qui peuvent être associées aux processus de recristallisation ne sont pas nécessairement suffisant pour garantir une telle réhomogénéisation. La mise en solution des éléments d'un système ou la fusion partielle apparaissent comme deux mécanismes de réhomogénéisation bien plus efficaces. Pour le système Ar/Ar, le facteur critique est l'évacuation totale de l'argon radiogénique précédemment accumulé dans le système. Cette évacuation est favorisée, mais non garantie, par la circulation de fluides en raison de la plus forte solubilité de l'argon dans les fluides. Cependant un grand nombre de facteurs vont contrôler ce processus : quantité d'argon radiogénique initialement présente (fonction de la composition chimique de la roche et de son âge), composition chimique du fluide, et circulation en système ouvert ou fermé.