The accuracy of δ11B measurements of foraminifers

Chemical Geology

Volumn 274, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 187-195

  Ni, Yunyan ^a,b   Foster, Gavin L ^b   Elliott, Tim ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boron isotopes; Foraminifera; MC ICPMS; NTIMS; Total evaporation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BORON ISOTOPE; DISSOLUTION; EVAPORATION; FORAMINIFERA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PH;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 77953912662     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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