Improved calibration procedures and new standards for U - Pb and Th - Pb dating of Phanerozoic xenotime by ion microprobe

Chemical Geology

Volumn 209, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 295-314

  Fletcher, Ian R ^a   McNaughton, Neal J ^a   Aleinikoff, John A ^b   Rasmussen, Birger ^a   Kamo, Sandra L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geochronology; SHRIMP; Standards; Th Pb; U Pb; Xenotime

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CALIBRATION; PHANEROZOIC; SHRIMP DATING; THORIUM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; XENOTIME;

EID: 12144263240     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.06.015     Document Type: Article

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