Measurement of SIMS instrumental mass fractionation of Pb isotopes during zircon dating

Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 145-168

  Stern, Richard A ^a,b,c   Bodorkos, Simon ^a   Kamo, Sandra L ^d   Hickman, Arthur H ^e   Corfu, Fernando ^f  

^a Geoscience Australia   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fractionation; Instrumental mass; Ion microprobe; Pb isotopes; Reference material; U Pb geochronology; Zircon

Indexed keywords

EID: 66549097142     PISSN: 16394488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2009.00023.x     Document Type: Article

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