The application of SHRIMP to Phanerozoic geochronology; a critical appraisal of four zircon standards

Chemical Geology

Volumn 200, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 171-188

  Black, Lance P ^a   Kamo, Sandra L ^b   Williams, Ian S ^c   Mundil, Roland ^d   Davis, Donald W ^b   Korsch, Russell J ^a   Foudoulis, Chris ^a  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ion probe; Phanerozoic; SHRIMP method; Time scales; U Pb, geochronology; Zircon

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PHANEROZOIC; SHRIMP DATING; STANDARD (REFERENCE); TIMESCALE; ZIRCON;

EID: 0043122997     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(03)00166-9     Document Type: Article

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