U-Pb detrital zircon analysis - results of an inter-laboratory comparison

Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 243-259

  Košler, Jan ^a   Sláma, Jiří ^a   Belousova, Elena ^b   Corfu, Fernando ^c   Gehrels, George E ^d   Gerdes, Axel ^e   Horstwood, Matthew S A ^f   Sircombe, Keith N ^g   Sylvester, Paul J ^h   Tiepolo, Massimo ⁱ   Whitehouse, Martin J ^j   Woodhead, Jon D ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^g Minerals and Natural Hazards Division   (Australia)

^h MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^j Swedish Museum of Natural History   (Switzerland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Ablation laser ICP MS; Comparaison inter laboratoires; Datation U Pb; Detrital zircon; Inter laboratory comparison; Laser ablation ICP MS; Provenance s dimentaire; Sedimentary provenance; SIMS; U Pb dating; Zircons d tritiques

Indexed keywords

COMPARAISON INTER-LABORATOIRES; DATATION U-PB; DETRITAL ZIRCON; INTERLABORATORY COMPARISON; LASER-ABLATION-ICP-MS; SEDIMENTARY PROVENANCE; U-PB DATING;

ABLATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LABORATORIES; LASER ABLATION; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETERS; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; STANDARDIZATION; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URANIUM;

ZIRCON;

EID: 84883654159     PISSN: 16394488     EISSN: 1751908X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2013.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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