An Intercomparison Study of the Germanium Isotope Composition of Geological Reference Materials

Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-159

  Escoube, Raphaelle ^a,b   Rouxel, Olivier J ^b,c,d   Luais, Béatrice ^e   Ponzevera, Emmanuel ^d   Donard, Olivier F X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d IFREMER   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Germanium; Intercalibration; Isotope; Reference materials.

Indexed keywords

BULK SILICATE EARTH; GEOCHEMICAL TRACER; GEOLOGICAL REFERENCE MATERIAL; INTERCALIBRATION; INTERCOMPARISONS; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPE DEPLETION; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPE VALUES; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MASS BIAS CORRECTION; MC-ICP-MS; MULTICOLLECTOR ICP-MS; NEGATIVE VALUES; NORMALISATION; ON-LINE HYDRIDE GENERATION; REFERENCE MATERIAL; REFERENCE SOLUTION; SAMPLE INTRODUCTION; SPRAY CHAMBER; STABLE ISOTOPES; STANDARD SOLUTIONS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

IGNEOUS ROCKS; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; ORE DEPOSITS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

GERMANIUM;

EID: 84863861732     PISSN: 16394488     EISSN: 1751908X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2011.00135.x     Document Type: Article

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