U-Pb age determination for seven standard zircons using inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry coupled with frequency quintupled Nd-YAG (λ = 213 nm) laser ablation system: Comparison with LA-ICP-MS zircon analyses with a NIST glass reference material

Resource Geology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 101-123

  Orihashi, Yuji ^a   Nakai, Shun'ichi ^a   Hirata, Takafumi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Institute of Technology ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Geochronology; LA ICP MS; Single spot; SRM610; U Pb dating; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGE DETERMINATION; DATA INTERPRETATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD ISOTOPE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLASMA; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; WAVELENGTH; ZIRCON;

EID: 43149092470     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2008.00052.x     Document Type: Article

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