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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
earth and planetary sciences
Plešovice zircon - A new natural reference material for U-Pb and Hf isotopic microanalysis
Chemical Geology, Volume 249, No. 1-2, Year 2008
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Matrix-matched calibration by natural zircon standards and analysis of natural materials as a reference are the principle methods for achieving accurate results in microbeam U-Pb dating and Hf isotopic analysis. We describe a new potential zircon reference material for laser ablation ICP-MS that was extracted from a potassic granulite facies rock collected in the southern part of the Bohemian Massif (Plešovice, Czech Republic). Data from different techniques (ID-TIMS, SIMS and LA ICP-MS) and several laboratories suggest that this zircon has a concordant U-Pb age with a weighted mean 206Pb/238U date of 337.13 ± 0.37 Ma (ID-TIMS, 95% confidence limits, including tracer calibration uncertainty) and U-Pb age homogeneity on the scale used in LA ICP-MS dating. Inhomogeneities in trace element composition due to primary growth zoning prevent its use as a calibration standard for trace element analysis. The content of U varies from 465 ppm in pristine parts of the grains to ~ 3000 ppm in actinide-rich sectors that correspond to pyramidal faces with a high degree of metamictization (present in ca. 30% of the grains). These domains are easily recognized from high intensities on BSE images and should be avoided during the analysis. Hf isotopic composition of the Plešovice zircon (> 0.9 wt.% Hf) is homogenous within and between the grains with a mean 176Hf/177Hf value of 0.282482 ± 0.000013 (2SD). The age and Hf isotopic homogeneity of the Plešovice zircon together with its relatively high U and Pb contents make it an ideal calibration and reference material for laser ablation ICP-MS measurements, especially when using low laser energies and/or small diameters of laser beam required for improved spatial resolution. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Sláma, Jiří
Norway, Bergen
Universitetet I Bergen
Czech Republic, Prague
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Czech Republic, Prague
Charles University
Kośler, Jan
Norway, Bergen
Universitetet I Bergen
Condon, Dan J.
United Kingdom, Swindon
Natural Environment Research Council
Crowley, James L.
United States, Boise
Boise State University
Gerdes, A. G.
Germany, Frankfurt am Main
Goethe-universität Frankfurt am Main
Hanchar, John M.
Canada, St John's
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Horstwood, Matthew S.A.
United Kingdom, Swindon
Natural Environment Research Council
Nasdala, Lutz
Austria, Vienna
Universität Wien
Norberg, Nicholas
Austria, Vienna
Universität Wien
Schaltegger, Urs
Switzerland, Geneva
Université de Genève
Schoene, R. Blair
Switzerland, Geneva
Université de Genève
Whitehouse, Martin J.
Sweden, Stockholm
Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet
Statistics
Citations: 3,854
Authors: 12
Affiliations: 11
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.11.005
ISSN:
00092541