Response of Precambrian zircon to the chemical abrasion (CA-TIMS) method and implications for improvement of age determinations

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 5333-5348

  Das, Abin ^a   Davis, Donald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LEAD-LEAD DATING; PRECAMBRIAN; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

EID: 77955510826     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.06.029     Document Type: Article

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