Uranium and Thorium Concentration and Isotopic Composition in Five Glass (BHVO-2G, BCR-2G, NKT-1G, T1-G, ATHO-G) and Two Powder (BHVO-2, BCR-2) Reference Materials

Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 227-234

  Matthews, Kathryn A ^a   Murrell, Michael T ^a   Goldstein, Steven J ^a   Nunn, Andrew J ^a   Norman, Deborah E ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glass reference materials; LA ICP MS; MPI DING; SIMS; Thorium; U series; Uranium

Indexed keywords

LA-ICP-MS; MPI-DING; REFERENCE MATERIAL; SIMS; U-SERIES;

GLASS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ISOTOPES;

EID: 79956102977     PISSN: 16394488     EISSN: 1751908X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2010.00080.x     Document Type: Article

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