An inter-laboratory assessment of the thorium isotopic composition of synthetic and rock reference materials

Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-91

  Sims, Kenneth W W ^a   Gill, James B ^b   Dosseto, Anthony ^c   Hoffmann, Dirk L ^d   Lundstrom, Craig C ^e   Williams, Ross W ^f   Ball, Lary ^a   Tollstrup, Darren ^b   Turner, Simon ^c   Prytulak, Julie ^d   Glessner, Justin J G ^e   Standish, J J ^a,g   Elliott, Tim ^d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^f LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consensus values; Isotope ratios; MC ICP MS; Rock reference materials; Thorium

Indexed keywords

EID: 40949122301     PISSN: 16394488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2008.00870.x     Document Type: Article

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