Measurement of U-Pb ages of uraninite and davidite by laser ablation-HR-ICP-MS

American Mineralogist

Volumn 92, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 1925-1935

  Chipley, Don ^a   Polito, Paul A ^a,b   Kurtis Kyser, T ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Anglo American Exploration (Australia) Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Davidite; HR ICP MS; Laser ablation; Pb Pb age; U deposit; U Pb age; Uraninite

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; BINARY ALLOYS; DEPOSITS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LASER ABLATION; LEAD ALLOYS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; OXIDE MINERALS; RARE EARTHS; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; URANIUM DEPOSITS; URANIUM METALLOGRAPHY; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALIA; DAVIDITE; HR-ICP-MS; U-PB AGES; URANINITE;

LEAD METALLOGRAPHY;

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LASER METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MINERAL DEPOSIT; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; URANINITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ADELAIDE RIVER; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 37149034959     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2007.2226     Document Type: Article

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