New analytical procedures to increase the resolution of zircon geochronology by the evaporation technique

Chemical Geology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 227-240

  Dougherty Page, Jon S ^a   Bartlett, Jessica M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Isotopic heterogeneity; Mixing; Pb evaporation ages

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; DATING METHOD; EVAPORATION; LEAD-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

EID: 0345643508     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00158-2     Document Type: Article

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