Precision estimation in electron microprobe monazite dating: Repeated measurements versus statistical (Poisson) based calculations

Chemical Geology

Volumn 234, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 223-235

  Lisowiec, Nick ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electron microprobe; Monazite dating; Monte Carlo; Poisson statistics; Precision

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; MONAZITE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS;

EID: 33749537248     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.04.010     Document Type: Article

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