U-Th/Pb geochronology of detrital zircon and monazite by single shot laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (SS-LA-ICPMS)

Chemical Geology

Volumn 332-333, Issue , 2012, Pages 136-147

  Cottle, John M ^a   Kylander Clark, Andrew R ^a   Vrijmoed, Johannes C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

LA ICP MS; Monazite; U Th Pb geochronology; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ANALYTES; CONTINUOUS LASERS; CONVENTIONAL LASERS; DETRITAL ZIRCON; ERROR PROPAGATION; LA-ICP-MS; LASER STABILITY; LASER-ABLATION INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLIDE CONCENTRATIONS; RAPID ACQUISITION; REDUCTION METHOD; REFERENCE MATERIAL; REFERENCE VALUES; REPEAT ANALYSIS; SEMI-AUTOMATED; SINGLE LASER PULSE; SINGLE SHOT LASER ABLATION; SINGLE-SHOT;

DATA REDUCTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LASER ABLATION; LASERS; MONAZITE; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; ZIRCON;

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LASER METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONAZITE; PARENT BODY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

EID: 84867618563     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.09.035     Document Type: Article

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