Ion microprobe U-Pb dating of monazite with about five micrometer spatial resolution

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 597-608

  Sano, Yuji ^a   Takahata, Naoto ^a   Tsutsumi, Yukiyasu ^b   Miyamoto, Tomoharu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Monazite; Pb Pb age; SIMS; U Pb age; U Th Pb chemical age

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; ION MICROPROBE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONAZITE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SOURCE ROCK; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK; TAIWAN;

EID: 33846698606     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.40.597     Document Type: Article

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