U-Pb zircon geochronology with an integrated la-icp-ms microanalytical workstation: Achievements in precision and accuracy

Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-18

  Solari, Luigi A ^a   Gómez Tuena, Arturo ^a   Bernal, Juan Pablo ^b   Pérez Arvizu, Ofelia ^a   Tanner, Martin ^a  

^a CENTRO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Excimer; Geochronology; Laser ablation; Mass spectrometry; U Pb

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952740233     PISSN: 16394488     EISSN: 1751908X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2009.00027.x     Document Type: Article

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