Determination of cosmogenic 36Cl in rocks by isotope dilution: innovations, validation and error propagation

Chemical Geology

Volumn 233, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 185-195

  Desilets, Darin ^a   Zreda, Marek ^a   Almasi, Peter F ^a   Elmore, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

36Cl; Accelerator mass spectrometry; Cosmogenic nuclides; Exposure dating; Isotope dilution

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE ISOTOPE; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DATING METHOD; DILUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MASS SPECTROMETRY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EID: 33748416861     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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