Precise measurement of zirconium isotopes by thermal ionization mass spectrometry

Chemical Geology

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 117-126

  Sahoo, Sarata Kumar ^a,b   Masuda, Akimasa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Isotopic heterogeneity; Meteorites; Thermal ionization mass spectrometry; Zirconium

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METEORITE; TIMS; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 0031423066     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(97)00024-7     Document Type: Article

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