Monazite analysis; from sample preparation to microprobe age dating and REE quantification

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 93-105

  Scherrer, N C ^a   Engi, M ^a   Gnos, E ^a   Jakob, V ^a   Liechti, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chemical dating; EMPA; Monazite; Polishing; REE; Sample preparation; Th U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ION MICROPROBE; LABORATORY METHOD; MONAZITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SAMPLE PREPARATION;

EID: 0034121543     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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