Extending the krogh legacy: Development of the CA-TIMS method for zircon U-Pb geochronology

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 95-105

  Mattinson, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR ABRASION; ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; CHEMICAL LEACHING; SAMPLE SELECTION; U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY;

ABRASION; DISSOLUTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IODINE; LEACHING; LEAD; SILICATE MINERALS; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS;

ZIRCON;

ABRASION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEACHING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

EID: 79952266890     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: 14803313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E10-023     Document Type: Article

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