Signal linearity of an extended range pulse counting detector: Applications to accurate and precise U-Pb dating of zircon by laser ablation quadrupole ICP-MS

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Shaulis, Barry ^a   Lapen, Thomas J ^a   Toms, Andrew ^b  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b Bruker Ltd ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; ION BEAMS; IONS; ISOTOPES; LASER ABLATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

COUNT RATES; DETECTION SYSTEM; DYNAMIC RANGE; ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; EXTENDED RANGE; INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED; INTENSITY RATIO; ION INTENSITIES; ISOTOPE RATIO; ISOTOPE-RATIO MEASUREMENTS; LINEAR RESPONSE; NATURAL ZIRCON; PULSE COUNTING; QUADRUPOLES; U-PB DATING;

ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LINEARITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

EID: 78649509577     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003198     Document Type: Article

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