Laser-ablation ICP-MS measurements of Re/Os in molybdenite and implications for Re-Os geochronology

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 307-320

  Košler, Jan ^a   Simonetti, Antonio ^b   Sylvester, Paul J ^a   Cox, Richard A ^a   Tubrett, Michael N ^a   Wilton, Derek H C ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age dating; Element decoupling; Laser ablation ICP MS; Molybdenite; Re Os

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LASER ABLATION; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; SAMPLING; ZONING;

HOMOGENIZATION;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING;

EID: 18144437082     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.41.2.307     Document Type: Article

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