Towards more precise 10Be and 36Cl data from measurements at the 10-14 level: Influence of sample preparation

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 266, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 4921-4926

  Merchel, S ^a   Arnold, M ^a   Aumaitre G ^a   Benedetti, L ^a   Bourles D L ^a   Braucher, R ^a   Alfimov, V ^b   Freeman, S P H T ^c   Steier, P ^d   Wallner, A ^d  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Accelerator mass spectrometry; Cosmogenic nuclide exposure dating; Terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides (TCN)

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; ASSET MANAGEMENT; BERYLLIUM; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CIVIL AVIATION; EARTH SCIENCES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPES; LEACHING; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINERALS; MIXING; NIOBIUM; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; POWDERS; RADIOISOTOPES; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILVER; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; APPLICATION OF ACCELERATORS; CL CONCENTRATIONS; CL DATUM; COSMOGENIC NUCLIDE EXPOSURE DATING; DILUTION EFFECTS; GEOSCIENCES; IN-SITU; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; PRECISE; RADIONUCLIDE CONCENTRATIONS; SAMPLE PREPARATIONS; STABLE ISOTOPES; STATISTICAL PRECISIONS; SURFACE EXPOSURE DATING; TERRESTRIAL COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES (TCN);

CONTAMINATION;

EID: 54549113058     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2008.07.031     Document Type: Article

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