Zircon U-Th-Pb geochronology by isotope dilution - Thermal ionization mass spectrometry (ID-TIMS)

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Volumn 53, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Parrish, Randall R ^a,b   Noble, Stephen R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33846117691     PISSN: 15296466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2113/0530183     Document Type: Article

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