Measurements of natural uranium concentration and isotopic composition with permil-level precision by inductively coupled plasma-quadrupole mass spectrometry

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Shen, Chuan Chou ^a   Lin, Huei Ting ^b   Chu, Mei Fei ^a   Yu, Ein Fen ^b   Wang, Xianfeng ^c   Dorale, Jeffrey A ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

234U; ICP QMS; Natural uranium; Permil level precision

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049128336     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001303     Document Type: Article

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