Improved dissolution and chemical separation methods for Lu-Hf garnet chronometry

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Connelly, J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bboric acid; Garnet; Geochronology; HCl dissolution; Hf isotopes; Lu Hf

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250305276     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC001082     Document Type: Article

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