Penglai Zircon Megacrysts: A Potential New Working Reference Material for Microbeam Determination of Hf-O Isotopes and U-Pb Age

Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-134

  Li, Xian Hua ^a,b   Long, Weng Guo ^b   Li, Qiu Li ^a   Liu, Yu ^a   Zheng, Yong Fei ^c   Yang, Yue Heng ^a   Chamberlain, Kevin R ^d   Wan, De Fang ^e   Guo, Cun Hua ^a   Wang, Xuan Ce ^a   Tao, Hua ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Hf isotopes; LA MC ICP MS; O isotopes; Penglai; SIMS; U Pb age; Zircon reference material

Indexed keywords

HF ISOTOPE; MC-ICP-MS; O ISOTOPES; PENGLAI; SIMS; U-PB AGE;

HAFNIUM; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERIALS; QUALITY CONTROL; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

ISOTOPES;

EID: 77956251058     PISSN: 16394488     EISSN: 1751908X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2010.00036.x     Document Type: Article

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