Reference materials for geochemical PGE analysis: New analytical data for Ru, Rh, Pd, Os, Ir, Pt and Re by isotope dilution ICP-MS in 11 geological reference materials

Chemical Geology

Volumn 208, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 319-338

  Meisel, Thomas ^a   Moser, Johann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

IDMS; Isotope dilution; PGE and Re analysis; Reference materials; Sample inhomogeneity

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; RHENIUM;

EID: 15844417487     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.04.019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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