Improvements of precision and accuracy in in situ Hf isotope microanalysis of zircon using the laser ablation-MC-ICPMS technique

Chemical Geology

Volumn 220, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 121-137

  Iizuka, Tsuyoshi ^a   Hirata, Takafumi ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hf isotope; Isobaric interference; LA MC ICPMS; Nitrogen mixing; Zircon; Zircon standard 91500

Indexed keywords

HAFNIUM; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ZIRCON;

ACASTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 20644448808     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.03.010     Document Type: Article

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