Micro-analytical zircon and monazite U-Pb isotope dating by laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-quadrupole mass spectrometry

Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 103-120

  Alagna, Keegan E ^a   Petrelli, Maurizio ^a   Perugini, Diego ^a   Poli, Giampiero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Laser ablation; Monazite; Quadrupole ICP MS; U Pb geochronology; Zircon

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149170317     PISSN: 16394488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2008.00866.x     Document Type: Article

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