Comparison of TIMS (U-Pb) and laser ablation microprobe ICP-MS (Pb) techniques for age determination of detrital zircons from paleoproterozoic metasedimentary rocks from northeastern Laurentia, Canada, with tectonic implications

Chemical Geology

Volumn 131, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 127-142

  Scott, David J ^a,c   Gauthier, Gilles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ICP-MS; LASER ABLATION MICROPROBE; LAURENTIA; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; PROTEROZOIC; TIMS;

CANADA, CANADIAN SHIELD;

EID: 0030440044     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2541(96)00030-7     Document Type: Article

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