Ablation behaviour of allanites during U-Th-Pb dating using a quadrupole ICP-MS coupled to a 193nm excimer laser

Chemical Geology

Volumn 371, Issue , 2014, Pages 46-59

  El Korh, Afifé ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allanite; Elemental fractionation; LA ICP MS; Mass bias; Matrix effects; U Th Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894387967     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.01.021     Document Type: Article

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