Essentials of iron, chromium, and calcium isotope analysis of natural materials by thermal ionization mass spectrometry

Chemical Geology

Volumn 258, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 50-64

  Fantle, Matthew S ^a   Bullen, Thomas D ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical techniques; Calcium isotopes; Chromium isotopes; Double spike subtraction; Iron isotopes; Thermal ionization mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE EARTH METAL; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMIUM; IONIZATION; IRON; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

EID: 57649215929     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.06.018     Document Type: Article

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