High-precision ID-TIMS cassiterite U–Pb systematics using a low-contamination hydrothermal decomposition: implications for LA-ICP-MS and ore deposit geochronology

Tapster, Simon; Bright, Joshua W. G.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-425-2020

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High-precision ID-TIMS cassiterite U–Pb systematics using a low-contamination hydrothermal decomposition: implications for LA-ICP-MS and ore deposit geochronology

Simon Tapster and Joshua W. G. Bright

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