LA-ICP-MS depth profile analysis of apatite: Protocol and implications for (U-Th)/He thermochronometry

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 109, Issue , 2013, Pages 143-161

  Johnstone, Samuel ^a   Hourigan, Jeremy ^a   Gallagher, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; APATITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ERROR CORRECTION; FLUORAPATITE; FRACTIONATION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; ZONING;

EID: 84874971743     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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