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Vervoort, J.D., Patchett, P.J., Söderlund, U. and Baker, M. (2004). Isotopic composition of Yb and the determination of Lu concentrations and Lu/Hf ratios by isotope dilution using MC-ICPMS. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 5: doi: 10.1029/2004GC000721. issn: 1525-2027. |
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We report Yb isotopic data for the purpose of accurately correcting measurements of Lu and Lu/Hf ratios during Multicollector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (MC-ICPMS) analysis. The Yb isotopic ratios agree with recent results of Chu et al. <2002> and Amelin and Davis <2004>, when corrected for mass fractionation to the same reference values. Protocols for Lu measurement involving simultaneous subtraction of Yb interference and application of a fractionation correction based on Yb are described. It is shown that Lu concentrations and Lu/Hf ratios determined by MC-ICPMS using this methodology are more precise and potentially more accurate than results based on analysis of Lu by Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry (TIMS). A number of MC-ICPMS Lu-Hf isotopic analyses of standard rocks and other geological samples, previously analyzed by TIMS, are presented. These document reproducibility of Lu/Hf within 0.2%, where most discrepancies can be assigned to the unknown Lu mass fractionation during TIMS analysis. |
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Keywords
Geochemistry, Chemical evolution, Geochemistry, Composition of the crust, Geochemistry, Isotopic composition/chemistry, Hf isotopic analysis, Lu isotopes, MC-ICPMS, Yb isotopes |
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Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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