In situ sulfur isotope analysis of sulfide minerals by SIMS: Precision and accuracy, with application to thermometry of ~3.5Ga Pilbara cherts

Chemical Geology

Volumn 275, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 243-253

  Kozdon, Reinhard ^a   Kita, Noriko T ^a   Huberty, Jason M ^a   Fournelle, John H ^a   Johnson, Craig A ^b   Valley, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal orientation effects; Ion microprobe; NBS 123; SIMS; Sphalerite; Sulfur isotopes

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CHERT; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GALENA; ION MICROPROBE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSTRUCTURE; PRECISION; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; SPHALERITE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

AUSTRALIA; PILBARA BLOCK; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77954533297     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.05.015     Document Type: Article

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