CONCH: A Visual Basic program for interactive processing of ion-microprobe analytical data

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1479-1498

  Nelson, David R ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Data reduction; Geochronology; Isotope analysis; Radiometric age; Secondary ion mass spectrometry; SHRIMP; SIMS; Visual Basic

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; DATA REDUCTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; RADIOMETRIC AGE; SOFTWARE PACKAGE CONCH;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA REDUCTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY;

DATA PROCESSING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ION MICROPROBE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MINERAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SHRIMP DATING; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 33747376142     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2006.02.009     Document Type: Article

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