Precise and accurate determination of 147Sm/144Nd and 143Nd/144Nd in monazite using laser ablation-MC-ICPMS

Chemical Geology

Volumn 282, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 45-57

  Iizuka, Tsuyoshi ^a   Eggins, Stephen M ^a   McCulloch, Malcolm T ^a   Kinsley, Leslie P J ^a   Mortimer, Graham E ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amplifier response; Early crustal evolution; Elemental fractionation; LA MC ICPMS; Monazite; Sm Nd isotopes

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIER RESPONSE; EARLY CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; ELEMENTAL FRACTIONATION; MC-ICP-MS; SM-ND ISOTOPE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; HYDROGEN BONDS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPES; LASER ABLATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; MONAZITE; NEODYMIUM; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; RADIOACTIVITY; SPECTROMETRY; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MASS SPECTROMETERS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MONAZITE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; NEOGENE; PRECISION; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; SAMARIUM; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TRACER;

EID: 79851511143     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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