The effect of chemical etching on LA-ICP-MS analysis in determining uranium concentration for fission-track chronometry

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 324, Issue , 2009, Pages 37-46

  Hasebe, Noriko ^a   Carter, Andrew ^b   Hurford, Anthony J ^b   Arai, Shoji ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISSION TRACK DATING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; URANIUM;

EID: 74949087777     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP324.3     Document Type: Article

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