Grenville skarn titanite: Potential reference material for sims U-Th-Pb analysis

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1423-1443

  Kennedy, Allen K ^a   Kamo, Sandra L ^b   Nasdala, Lutz ^c   Timms, Nicolas E ^d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

EBSD; Geochronology; Grenville province; Raman; Reference material; SHRIMP; Skarn; TIMS; Titanite

Indexed keywords

EBSD; GRENVILLE PROVINCE; RAMAN; REFERENCE MATERIAL; SHRIMP; SKARN; TIMS; TITANITE;

CRYSTALS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; NIOBIUM; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DAMAGE; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOMOGENEITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; RADIOCARBON DATING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SKARN; THORIUM ISOTOPE; TITANITE; URANIUM ISOTOPE; VOLUME;

CANADA; GRENVILLE PROVINCE;

EID: 79952132228     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.48.5.1423     Document Type: Article

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