The precision and sensitivity of Thermal Ionisation Mass Spectrometry (TIMS): An overview of the present status

Geostandards Newsletter

Volumn 25, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 253-259

  Birck, Jean Louis ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Isotope; Mass spectrometry; TIMS

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013400145     PISSN: 01505505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908x.2001.tb00600.x     Document Type: Article

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