Accuracy and precision of 88Sr/86Sr and 87Sr/86Sr measurements by MC-ICPMS compromised by high barium concentrations

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 499-508

  Scher, Howie D ^a   Griffith, Elizabeth M ^b   Buckley, Wayne P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

barite; MC ICPMS; methods; strontium isotopes

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY AND PRECISION; BARIUM CONCENTRATIONS; CONCENTRATION RANGES; EXTRACTION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MC-ICP-MS; METHODS; PRECISE MEASUREMENTS; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES;

BARITE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; EXTRACTION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPES; SOLUTION MINING; ZIRCONIUM;

STRONTIUM;

BARITE; BARIUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84897855088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GC005134     Document Type: Article

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