Chemical U-Th-Pb dating of monazite by 3D-micro X-ray fluorescence analysis with synchrotron radiation

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 927-945

  Schmitz, Sylvia ^d   Möller, Andreas ^a,d   Wilke, Max ^b,d   Malzer, Wolfgang ^c   Kanngiesser, Birgit ^c   Bousquet, Romain ^d   Berger, Alfons ^e   Schefer, Senecio ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f Geologisch Palaontologisches Institut Universitat Basel   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3D micro X ray fluorescence analysis; Chemical dating; Confocal; Gruf Complex; Monazite; Synchrotron radiation

Indexed keywords

DEPTH PROFILING; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE RESOLUTION; ISOTOPES; LASER ABLATION; LEAD; MONAZITE; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNCHROTRONS; TERNARY ALLOYS; THORIUM ALLOYS; X RAYS;

COMPOSITIONAL DEPTH PROFILING; CONFOCAL; GRUF COMPLEX; LASER ABLATION TECHNIQUE; MICRO X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; REFERENCE MATERIAL; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

LEAD ALLOYS;

ABLATION; DETECTION METHOD; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ION MICROPROBE; MONAZITE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 70449356767     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1964     Document Type: Article

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