Ion microprobe U-Pb dating of zircon with a 15 micrometer spatial resolution using NanoSIMS

Gondwana Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 587-596

  Takahata, Naoto ^a   Tsutsumi, Yukiyasu ^b   Sano, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

NanoSIMS; Pb Pb age; SHRIMP age; U Pb age; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CRATER; ION MICROPROBE; METAMORPHIC ROCK; SHRIMP DATING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; JAPAN; KYUSHU; NAGASAKI [KYUSHU]; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 53849129973     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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