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Research article 09 Apr 2020
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Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) U–Pb carbonate geochronology: strategies, progress, and limitations
Nick M. W. Roberts et al.
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We characterize three natural carbonate samples with elevated uranium/lead (U/Pb) ratios to demonstrate techniques for characterizing carbonates for U/Pb dating. With the rapidly accelerating application of laser ablation analyses, there is a great need for well-characterized standards. The three samples we describe have good potential as standards. In addition to U/Pb data, we present strontium (Sr) isotope analyses to demonstrate that these could be dual standards for U/Pb and Sr isotopes.
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The dating of carbonates by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry is improved by an additional, newly characterised reference material and adapted data evaluation protocols: the shape (diameter to depth) of the ablation crater has to be as similar as possible in the reference material used and the unknown samples to avoid an offset. Different carbonates have different ablation rates per laser pulse. With robust uncertainty propagation, precision can be as good as 2–3 %.
Guilhem Hoareau, Fanny Claverie, Christophe Pecheyran, Christian Paroissin, Pierre-Alexandre Grignard, Geoffrey Motte, Olivier Chailan, and Jean-Pierre Girard
Geochronology Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2020-10, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2020-10, 2020
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A new methodology for the micron-scale uranium-lead dating of carbonate minerals is proposed. It is based on the extraction of ages directly from the pixels images (< 1 mm2) obtained by laser ablation coupled to a mass spectrometer. The ages are calculated with a robust linear regression through the pixel values, which is an efficient and simple approach to that can be easily applied to mineral dating.
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Short summary
Here we review current progress in LA-ICP-MS U–Pb carbonate geochronology and present strategies for acquisition and interpretation of carbonate U–Pb dates. We cover topics from imaging techniques and U and Pb incorporation into calcite to potential limitations of the method – disequilibrium and isotope mobility. We demonstrate the incorporation of imaging and compositional data to help refine and interpret U–Pb dates. We expect this paper to become a
go-toreference paper for years to come.
Here we review current progress in LA-ICP-MS U–Pb carbonate geochronology and present strategies...
