Comparison of Pb purification by anion-exchange resin methods and assessment of long-term reproducibility of Th/U/Pb ratio measurements by quadrupole ICP-MS

Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-181

  Kamber, Balz S ^a   Gladu, Annette H ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anion exchange; Matrix removal; Pb purification

Indexed keywords

EID: 66549108018     PISSN: 16394488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2009.00911.x     Document Type: Article

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