Assessment of USGS BCR-2 as a reference material for silicate rock U-Pa disequilibrium measurements

Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-63

  Prytulak, Julie ^a   Elliott, Tim ^a   Hoffmann, Dirk L ^a   Coath, Christopher D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity ratios; BCR 2; Protactinium; Secular equilibrium; U series

Indexed keywords

EID: 40949158368     PISSN: 16394488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2008.00868.x     Document Type: Article

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