Use of Hydrofluoric Acid Desilicification in the Determination of Highly Siderophile Element Abundances and Re-Pt-Os Isotope Systematics in Mafic-Ultramafic Rocks

Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 49-65

  Day, James M D ^a   Waters, Christopher L ^a   Schaefer, Bruce F ^b   Walker, Richard J ^c   Turner, Simon ^b  

^a GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH DIVISION   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronology; Digestion methods; Highly siderophile elements; Intraplate basalts; Isotope dilution analysis; Os isotopes

Indexed keywords

BASALT; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; IRIDIUM; ISOTOPES; MAGNESIA; NOBELIUM; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; RHENIUM; RUTHENIUM; SILICATES;

CHRONOLOGY; DIGESTION METHOD; HIGHLY SIDEROPHILE ELEMENTS; INTRAPLATE BASALTS; ISOTOPE DILUTION ANALYSIS; OS ISOTOPES;

OSMIUM;

EID: 84959900287     PISSN: 16394488     EISSN: 1751908X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2015.00367.x     Document Type: Article

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