Zircon M257 - A homogeneous natural reference material for the ion microprobe U-Pb analysis of zircon

Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 247-265

  Nasdala, Lutz ^a   Hofmeister, Wolfgang ^b   Norberg, Nicholas ^a,o   Martinson, James M ^c   Corfu, Fernando ^d   Dörr, Wolfgang ^e,p   Kamo, Sandra L ^f   Kennedy, Allen K ^g   Kronz, Andreas ^h   Reiners, Peter W ⁱ   Frei, Dirk ^j   Kosler, Jan ^k   Wan, Yusheng ^l   Götze, Jens ^m   Häger, Tobias ^b   Kröner, Alfred ^b,l   Valley, John W ⁿ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

ⁱ University of Arizona   (United States)

^j GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^l INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^m TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^o GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^p GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Geochronology; M257; Reference material; Secondary ion mass spectrometry; SIMS; U Pb; Zircon

Indexed keywords

EID: 53249090157     PISSN: 16394488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2008.00914.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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