Reappraisement and refinement of zircon U-Pb isotope and trace element analyses by LA-ICP-MS

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1535-1546

  Liu, YongSheng ^a   Hu, ZhaoChu ^a   Zong, KeQing ^a   Gao, ChangGui ^a   Gao, Shan ^a,b   Xu, Juan ^a   Chen, HaiHong ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

LA ICP MS; Trace element; U Pb age; Uncertainty; Zircon

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952867263     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-010-3052-4     Document Type: Article

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