Micromill and in situ laser ablation sampling techniques for high spatial resolution MC-ICPMS U-Th dating of carbonates

Chemical Geology

Volumn 259, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 253-261

  Hoffmann, Dirk L ^a   Spötl, Christoph ^b   Mangini, Augusto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbonates; Laser ablation; MC ICPMS; Micromill; U Th dating

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CARBONATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOCHRONOLOGY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LASER METHOD; PRECISION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPELEOTHEM; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 59249094765     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.11.015     Document Type: Article

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