A trio of laser ablation in concert with two ICP-MSs: Simultaneous, pulse-by-pulse determination of U-Pb discordant ages and a single spot Hf isotope ratio analysis in complex zircons from petrographic thin sections

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Tollstrup, Darren L ^a   Xie, Lie Wen ^b   Wimpenny, Josh B ^a   Chin, Emily ^c   Lee, Cin Ty ^c   Yin, Qing Zhu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

geochronology; hafnium; isotopes; lead; uranium; zircon

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; EXCIMER LASERS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; ISOTOPES; LASER ABLATION; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; URANIUM; ZIRCON;

193 NM EXCIMER LASERS; CRUSTAL GROWTH; DATA POINTS; DETRITAL ZIRCON; GEOLOGICAL PROCESS; HAFNIUM ISOTOPES; HF ISOTOPE; HIGH PRECISION; IN-SITU; MULTI-COLLECTOR; PROVENANCE STUDIES; SECTOR FIELD; SOLUTION ANALYSIS; THIN SECTION; U-PB AGES;

URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LASER METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PETROGRAPHY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

EID: 84859205499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GC004027     Document Type: Article

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