In-situ measurements of iron isotopes by SIMS: MC-ICP-MS intercalibration and application to a magnetite crystal from the Gunflint chert

Chemical Geology

Volumn 285, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 50-61

  Marin Carbonne, Johanna ^a   Rollion Bard, Claire ^a   Luais, Béatrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Gunflint chert; Intercalibration; Ion microprobe; Iron isotopes; MC ICP MS; Reference materials

Indexed keywords

GUNFLINT CHERT; INTERCALIBRATION; ION MICROPROBE; IRON ISOTOPES; MC-ICP-MS; REFERENCE MATERIALS;

CHROMIUM; ION MICROSCOPES; IRON; ISOTOPES; MAGNETITE; MASS SPECTROMETERS;

IRON ORES;

CHERT; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; IRON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MAGNETITE; OXIDE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECAMBRIAN; SULFIDE;

EID: 79957474298     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.02.019     Document Type: Article

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