Accuracy of laser ablation U-Pb zircon dating: Results from a test using five different reference zircons

Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-15

  Klötzli, Urs ^a   Klötzli, Eva ^a   Günes, Zekeriya ^a   Kosler, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Laser ablation; Reference materials; U Pb geochronology; Zircon

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249146026     PISSN: 16394488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2009.00921.x     Document Type: Article

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