A simplified isotope dilution approach for the U–Pb dating of speleogenic and other low-<sup>232</sup>Th carbonates by multi-collector ICP-MS

Mason, Andrew J.; Vaks, Anton; Breitenbach, Sebastian F. M.; Hooker, John N.; Henderson, Gideon M.

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A simplified isotope dilution approach for the U–Pb dating of speleogenic and other low-²³²Th carbonates by multi-collector ICP-MS

Andrew J. Mason, Anton Vaks, Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach, John N. Hooker, and Gideon M. Henderson

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