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GHR1 Zircon – A new Eocene natural reference material for microbeam U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotopic analysis of zircon

November 14, 2018

We present multitechnique U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotopic data from zircon separated from rapakivi biotite granite within the Eocene Golden Horn batholith in Washington, USA. A weighted mean of twenty-five Th-corrected 206Pb/238U zircon dates produced at two independent laboratories using chemical abrasion-isotope dilution-thermal ionisation mass spectrometry (CA-ID-TIMS) is 48.106 ± 0.023 Ma (2s analytical including tracer uncertainties, MSWD = 1.53) and is our recommended date for GHR1 zircon. Microbeam 206Pb/238U dates from laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) and secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) laboratories are reproducible and in agreement with the CA-ID-TIMS date to within

Publication Year 2019
Title GHR1 Zircon – A new Eocene natural reference material for microbeam U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotopic analysis of zircon
DOI 10.1111/ggr.12246
Authors Michael P Eddy, Mauricio Ibanez-Mejia, Seth D. Burgess, Matthew A. Coble, Umberto G Gordani, Joel DesOrmeau, George E. Gehrels, Xianhua Li, Scott MacLennan, Mark Pecha, Kei Sato, Blair Schoene, Victor A. Valencia, Jeffrey D. Vervoort, Tiantian Wang
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research
Index ID 70227204
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Volcano Science Center
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