Sample Preparation for Isotopic Analysis on the Multicollector ICP-MS

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Abstracts, Presentations, and Posters for Professional Technical Meetings

Borrok, D.M., Ridley, W.I., Lamothe, P.J., and Wanty, R.B., 2006, Separation of Cu, Fe, and Zn from complex aqueous solutions for isotopic measurement [abs.]: 16th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference 2006, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, August 27-September 1, 2006, Session S1-06. (Abstract and presentation) Available online at http://www.goldschmidt2006.org/cd/goldschmidt/pdf/060802500602.pdf [PDF file, 24 KB].

Wanty, R.B., Ridley, W.I., Wolf, R., Lamothe, P., and Adams, M., 2005, Separation of copper, iron, and zinc from complex aqueous solutions for isotopic measurement: metal sources and processes of acid-rock drainage [abs.]: Geological Society of America 2005 Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 16-19, 2005, Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, no. 7, p. 50. (Abstract and presentation) Available online at http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2005AM/finalprogram/abstract_92678.htm.