In the field of air analysis, highlights within this review period included: new isotopic data for
reference dust materials; a new device for preparing and mounting delicate air filter samples …

Mantle-derived magmas provide windows to the deep earth, and precise dating of the deep
magmatic rocks such as kimberlite and related lithologies is crucial to attaining a better …

The Tongshanling ore field is one of the most representative W–Sn–Cu–Pb–Zn polymetallic
deposits in the central-western Nanling Ore Belt, which developed multiple mineralization …

Determining the precise timing of mineralization and mineralizing events is crucial to
understanding regional mineralizing and other geological events and processes. However …

The study of magmatic and metamorphic processes is challenged by geological
complexities like geochemical variations, geochronological uncertainties and the …

Lower crustal xenoliths from the Missouri Breaks diatremes and Bearpaw Mountains
volcanic field in Montana record a multi-billion-year geologic history lasting from the …

In situ Sr isotopes analysis of apatite by LA-(MC)-ICP-MS is challenged by the difficulty to
monitor and correct isobaric interferences from atomic and polyatomic ions. We present a …

We report isotope dilution thermal ionization mass spectrometry (ID-TIMS) and laser ablation
split stream inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LASS) Usingle bondPb data for …

Robust U–Pb dating of accessory minerals (eg, apatite, titanite, wolframite, and cassiterite)
by LA-ICP-MS is often impeded by variable contents of common Pb in matrix-matched …

Apatite, an important mineral widely distributed in various geological environments, can be
used for in situ U–Pb dating and Sr–Nd isotope analyses. The LA-ICPMS U–Pb dating and …