Optimal double and triple spiking for high precision lead isotopic measurement

Chemical Geology

Volumn 157, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 255-274

  Galer, Stephen J G ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Double spike; Lead isotopes; Mass discrimination; Optimization; Triple spike

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD;

EID: 0033599948     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00203-4     Document Type: Article

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