VizualAge: A Novel Approach to Laser Ablation ICP-MS U-Pb Geochronology Data Reduction

Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 247-270

  Petrus, Joseph A ^a   Kamber, Balz S ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Common Pb; Data reduction; LA ICP MS; U Pb geochronology; Visualisation

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; ERROR CORRELATION; INSPECTION TOOLS; LA-ICP-MS; LASER-ABLATION INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LASER-ABLATION-ICP-MS; MASS SPECTROMETRY DATA ANALYSIS; REFERENCE MATERIAL; U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY; WYOMING;

DATA REDUCTION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LASER ABLATION; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; VISUALIZATION; ZIRCON;

LEAD;

EID: 84865773362     PISSN: 16394488     EISSN: 1751908X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2012.00158.x     Document Type: Article

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