Assessment of errors in SIMS zircon U-Pb geochronology using a natural zircon standard and NIST SRM 610 glass

Chemical Geology

Volumn 197, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 111-142

  Stern, Richard A ^a   Amelin, Yuri ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analytical errors; SHRIMP; SRM 610; U Pb dating; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLASS; SHRIMP DATING; ZIRCON;

EID: 0038370217     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(02)00320-0     Document Type: Article

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