The ARGUS multicollector noble gas mass spectrometer: Performance for 40Ar/39Ar geochronology

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Mark, D F ^a   Barfod, D ^a   Stuart, F M ^a   Imlach, J ^a  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ar Ar; ARGUS; Earth time; High precision; Multicollector

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049114985     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002643     Document Type: Article

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