{"title":"Sources of Inaccuracy in Boron Isotope Measurement Using LA-MC-ICP-MS","authors":"Jan Fietzke, Eleni Anagnostou","doi":"10.1111/ggr.12511","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ggr.12511","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Laser ablation multi-collector-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-MC-ICP-MS) has become a valuable tool for the <i>in situ</i> measurement of the boron isotope composition of geological samples at high (tens to hundreds of μm) spatial resolution. That said, this application suffers from significant analytical challenges. We focus in this study on the underlying processes of two of the main causes for inaccuracies using this technique. We provide empirical evidence that not only Ca ions (Sadekov <i>et al</i>. 2019, Standish <i>et al</i>. 2019, Evans <i>et al</i>. 2021) but also Ar ions, that are reflected within the flight tube of the mass spectrometer, are the source for previously reported issues with spectral baselines. We also address the impact of plasma conditions on the instrumental mass fractionation as a source for matrix- and mass-load-related analytical biases. Comparing experimental data with the results of a dedicated release and diffusion model (RDM) we estimate that a close to complete (~ 97%) release of boron from the sample aerosol is needed to allow for consistently accurate LA boron isotope measurement results without the need for corrections.</p>","PeriodicalId":12631,"journal":{"name":"Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research","volume":"47 3","pages":"481-492"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ggr.12511","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50135048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Olga V. Yakubovich, Finlay M. Stuart, Ekaterina S. Ivanova, Fernando Gervilla
{"title":"Constant 4He Concentration and 190Pt-4He age of Detrital Pt-Alloy Grains from the Santiago River, Ecuador: Potential as a 4He Mineral Reference Material","authors":"Olga V. Yakubovich, Finlay M. Stuart, Ekaterina S. Ivanova, Fernando Gervilla","doi":"10.1111/ggr.12502","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ggr.12502","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Over the last few decades geo- and thermochronological techniques based on the accumulation of radiogenic <sup>4</sup>He in minerals have gained popularity. Currently there is no mineral-based <sup>4</sup>He reference material that allows routine screening of gas extraction and measurement procedures. The commonly-used mineral reference material for (U-Th)/He thermochronology have variable U and Th contents which result in variable <sup>4</sup>He concentrations. Here we demonstrate that native platinum grains (RS-Pt) from placer deposits in the Santiago River, Ecuador, yield constant <sup>4</sup>He contents and may be used as a reference material. Helium concentrations measured at the Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre (<i>n</i> = 8) and Institute of Precambrian Geology and Geochronology RAS (<i>n</i> = 9) noble gas laboratories yield mean <sup>4</sup>He concentrations that overlap at the 95% confidence level. The weighted mean <sup>4</sup>He concentration is 215 ± 4 × 10<sup>11</sup> at g<sup>-1</sup> (2<i>s</i>) and mean <sup>190</sup>Pt-<sup>4</sup>He age is 39.6 ± 0.7 Ma (2<i>s</i>). Samples of the Santiago River Pt concentrate are available on request from the SUERC laboratory.</p>","PeriodicalId":12631,"journal":{"name":"Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research","volume":"47 4","pages":"957-968"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78144430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Uranium Isotope Ratios of Twenty-nine Geological Rock Reference Materials Measured by MC-ICP-MS","authors":"Xuefeng Wang, Xiangli Wang, Lisheng Wang, Shitou Wu, Dingshuai Xue, Wuhui Duan, Zhibang Ma, Jule Xiao, Xianhua Li","doi":"10.1111/ggr.12501","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ggr.12501","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Uranium isotope ratios are reported for twenty-nine geological reference materials (RMs) including igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks, as well as sediments. Measurements were conducted on a multi-collector inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer (MC-ICP-MS) using the <sup>233</sup>U-<sup>236</sup>U double spike technique. These RMs possess a wide range of matrices with U mass fractions ranging from 0.11 μg g<sup>-1</sup> to 18.7 μg g<sup>-1</sup>. The <i>δ</i><sup>234/238</sup>U values (relative to the <i>n</i>(<sup>234</sup>U)/<i>n</i>(<sup>238</sup>U) ratio at secular equilibrium) show minor fluctuations around the secular equilibrium value except for two Pleistocene speleothem RMs. The <i>δ</i><sup>238/235</sup>U values (relative to the value for NBL CRM 112a (NBS SRM 960)) of igneous rocks and metamorphic rocks are within the range of the continental crust value (-0.29 ± 0.03‰, 95% CI). The <i>δ</i><sup>238/235</sup>U value for sedimentary rock and sediment RMs spans a wide range of 0.98‰, suggesting significant <sup>238</sup>U/<sup>235</sup>U isotopic fractionation in low temperature environments. The range of <i>δ</i><sup>238/235</sup>U RMs reported in this study (-0.63‰ to 0.35‰) exceeds that of previous RMs (-0.61‰ to 0.17‰), allowing inter-laboratory calibration of wider ranges of geological and environmental samples.</p>","PeriodicalId":12631,"journal":{"name":"Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research","volume":"47 4","pages":"945-955"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82017413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lu Xiang, Rucheng Wang, Rolf L. Romer, Xudong Che, Huan Hu, Zhimin Tang
{"title":"Columbite SN3: A New Potential Reference Material for U-Pb Dating by LA-ICP-MS","authors":"Lu Xiang, Rucheng Wang, Rolf L. Romer, Xudong Che, Huan Hu, Zhimin Tang","doi":"10.1111/ggr.12500","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ggr.12500","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Columbite-tantalite LA-ICP-MS U-Pb dating is a fast and useful method to determine the age of rare-metal deposits and fingerprint the provenance of columbite-tantalite ore concentrates. Accurate LA-ICP-MS U-Pb dating requires matrix-matched reference materials. We analysed three columbite-tantalite samples (SN3, HND and RL2) from China using ID-TIMS and LA-ICP-MS to assess their potential as reference materials for <i>in situ</i> U-Pb dating. Coltan 139 and these three columbite-tantalite samples with variable compositions yielded internally consistent LA-ICP-MS U-Pb ages when using each other for calibration and the weighted mean <sup>206</sup>Pb/<sup>238</sup>U ages are comparable to respective ID-TIMS ages. Composition-dependent U-Pb fractionation seems to be insignificant under the LA-ICP-MS conditions used. Sample SN3 has a low percentage of heterogeneity for <sup>206</sup>Pb/<sup>238</sup>U ages (4%) with low common Pb contributions (<i>f</i><sub>206</sub> < 1%) and shows a good potential in calibrating unknown samples as primary reference material for LA-ICP-MS analysis. Samples RL2 and HND have altered sections characterised by high LREE contents, flat LREE patterns and old <sup>206</sup>Pb/<sup>238</sup>U apparent ages, and are not suited as reference materials. The low <sup>207</sup>Pb/<sup>206</sup>Pb intercepts for samples RL2 and HND lack geological meaning but provide strong evidence that the disturbed U-Pb systematics with anomalous apparent <sup>206</sup>Pb/<sup>238</sup>U ages is a secondary feature.</p>","PeriodicalId":12631,"journal":{"name":"Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research","volume":"47 3","pages":"609-628"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50119362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jing Wang, Dong-Mei Tang, Qing-Han Yuan, Ben-Xun Su, Wen-Jun Li, Bing-Yu Gao, Zhi-An Bao, Ye Zhao
{"title":"Zinc Isotope Measurement by MC-ICP-MS in Geological Certified Reference Materials","authors":"Jing Wang, Dong-Mei Tang, Qing-Han Yuan, Ben-Xun Su, Wen-Jun Li, Bing-Yu Gao, Zhi-An Bao, Ye Zhao","doi":"10.1111/ggr.12499","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ggr.12499","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Here we present an analytical method for Zinc (Zn) isotopic measurements using “standard-sample bracketing” on a Nu Sapphire multi-collector inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer. The effects of Zn mass fraction and HNO<sub>3</sub> molarity mismatch between the standard and the sample, as well as the presence of matrix elements have been evaluated. Long-term reproducibility of better than ±0.03‰ for δ<sup>66</sup>Zn (2<i>s</i>) was routinely obtained. Accurate measurements were achieved when C<sub>Ni</sub>/C<sub>Zn</sub> < 0.001, C<sub>Ti</sub>/C<sub>Zn</sub> < 0.03, C<sub>Ba</sub>/C<sub>Zn</sub> < 0.05, C<sub>Na</sub>/C<sub>Zn</sub> and C<sub>Al</sub>/C<sub>Zn</sub> < 0.5, C<sub>Mg</sub>/C<sub>Zn</sub> < 0.1, C<sub>Fe</sub>/C<sub>Zn</sub> < 5 and C<sub>Cu</sub>/C<sub>Zn</sub> as well as C<sub>Cd</sub>/C<sub>Zn</sub> < 10. High-precision Zn isotopic determination were performed on twenty-one widely available geological certified reference materials, with an overall range of ~ 0.62‰ (0.15 to 1.07‰), which is nearly twenty times the current analytical precision (0.03), and the results are in agreement with most previously published data within 2<i>s</i>. Among them, δ<sup>66</sup>Zn<sub>JMC 3-0749L</sub> of eleven geological certified reference materials are reported for the first time: 0.22 ± 0.03‰ (dolerite, DR-N), 0.23 ± 0.02‰ (gabbro, GSR-10), 0.20 ± 0.04‰ (microgabbro, PM-S), 0.15 ± 0.02‰ (andesite, GSR-2), 0.22 ± 0.08‰ (diorite, GSR-9), 0.19 ± 0.07‰ (syenite, GSR-7), 0.30 ± 0.06‰ (granite, GSR-1), 0.25 ± 0.00‰ (rhyolite, GSR-11), 0.37 ± 0.01‰ (shale, GSR-5), 0.21 ± 0.03‰ (limestone, GSR-6) and 0.20 ± 0.03‰ (hornblendite, GSR-15). The novel Zn isotopic data from these certified reference materials can be used for future interlaboratory comparisons.</p>","PeriodicalId":12631,"journal":{"name":"Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research","volume":"47 4","pages":"969-982"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75026534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Youjuan Li, Brian R. Jicha, Wanfeng Zhang, Wen Chen, Brad S. Singer, Dewen Zheng, Huaiyu He
{"title":"Initial Characterisation of SK01 Sanidine: A Candidate 40Ar/39Ar Reference Material","authors":"Youjuan Li, Brian R. Jicha, Wanfeng Zhang, Wen Chen, Brad S. Singer, Dewen Zheng, Huaiyu He","doi":"10.1111/ggr.12497","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ggr.12497","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The precision and accuracy of <sup>40</sup>Ar/<sup>39</sup>Ar dates are ultimately linked to co-irradiated reference materials of known age. Here we provide new data from the SK01 sanidine, which was analysed in three different laboratories to evaluate it as a <sup>40</sup>Ar/<sup>39</sup>Ar reference material. Aliquots of 5 mg, incrementally heated in two laboratories, yielded indistinguishable results with a weighted mean age of 27.58 ± 0.06 Ma (95% confidence level). Single-crystal step heating and single-crystal total fusion analyses of SK01 sanidine were undertaken in the third laboratory to further test the intracrystalline homogeneity. For the seven step-heating analyses, six crystals yielded nearly concordant age spectra with <sup>40</sup>Ar/<sup>39</sup>Ar ages ranging from 26.853 ± 0.094 Ma to 26.963 ± 0.067 Ma, whereas one crystal gave an older age of 27.774 ± 0.071 Ma with a slightly discordant age spectrum. Twenty-three single-crystal total fusion analyses yielded <sup>40</sup>Ar/<sup>39</sup>Ar ages ranging from 27.070 ± 0.108 Ma to 27.736 ± 0.062 Ma with a dispersion of ~ 3.8%. The older ages from single-crystal total fusion dates are interpreted to reflect an inherited or excess argon component in some crystals. This is an initial characterisation of the SK01 sanidine, and additional work needs to be conducted to further evaluate the age dispersion so that it can be utilised as a <sup>40</sup>Ar/<sup>39</sup>Ar reference material.</p>","PeriodicalId":12631,"journal":{"name":"Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research","volume":"47 3","pages":"657-668"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50121224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carla Neto, Claudio de Morisson Valeriano, Jacinta Enzweiler, Gabriel Paravidini, Manuela Carvalho, Monica Heilbron, Cristiano Lana, João Henrique Larizzatti
{"title":"ID-TIMS Sm-Nd and Sr Isotope Ratios of Reference Material Basalt Ribeirão Preto (BRP-1)","authors":"Carla Neto, Claudio de Morisson Valeriano, Jacinta Enzweiler, Gabriel Paravidini, Manuela Carvalho, Monica Heilbron, Cristiano Lana, João Henrique Larizzatti","doi":"10.1111/ggr.12498","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ggr.12498","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This work presents Sm-Nd and Sr isotopic ratios of the BRP-1 (“Basalt Ribeirão Preto”) reference material (RM) based on repeated TIMS measurements over twelve years carried out by the LAGIR laboratory, Brazil. The BRP-1 RM was produced by the Brazilian Geological Survey from a <i>ca</i>. 130 Ma within-plate basalt, collected from a quarry near Ribeirão Preto city in the Paraná basin. Isotope ratios were measured using a TRITON mass spectrometer. Instrumental bias and fractionation corrections were performed based on repeated measurements of the certified RMs JNdi-1 and NIST SRM 987. The measured Nd and Sr isotopic ratios of BRP-1 are: <sup>143</sup>Nd/<sup>144</sup>Nd = 0.512408 ± 0.000010 (2<i>s</i>), and <sup>87</sup>Sr/<sup>86</sup>Sr = 0.706011 ± 0.000017 (2<i>s</i>). The mass fractions of Sm and Nd are 11.0 ± 0.2 and 51.9 ± 0.6 μg g<sup>-1</sup>, respectively, showing no significant differences compared with the accepted values from the literature. No significant difference between measurements was observed, whether digesting samples in single or batch mode, using metal-jacketed PTFE bombs or PFA vials, or with or without the addition of a spike. The accuracy of these results was evaluated through the measurement of well-characterised USGS RMs, such as AGV-1, BCR-1, BHVO-1, G-2 and GSP-1.</p>","PeriodicalId":12631,"journal":{"name":"Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research","volume":"47 4","pages":"841-854"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81581232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jing Wang, Ben-Xun Su, Bing-Yu Gao, Wen-Jun Li, Meng-Meng Cui, Xia Liu, Yang Luo, Qi-Qi Pan, Li-Hui Jia, Li Su, Kai-Yun Chen
{"title":"Four Natural Chromite Reference Materials for the Determination of the First-Row Transition Elements and Gallium by LA-ICP-MS","authors":"Jing Wang, Ben-Xun Su, Bing-Yu Gao, Wen-Jun Li, Meng-Meng Cui, Xia Liu, Yang Luo, Qi-Qi Pan, Li-Hui Jia, Li Su, Kai-Yun Chen","doi":"10.1111/ggr.12496","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ggr.12496","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Four natural chromite samples (LBS13-04, LBS13-06 and LBS13-13) from the Luobusa ophiolite (China) and 16SW2-6 from the Stillwater Complex (USA) were developed as reference materials for <i>in situ</i> element microanalysis. Approximately 8 g of chromite fragments with grain sizes of 0.5–1.5 mm from each chromite sample were separated under a binocular microscope and analysed by EPMA, XRF, LA-ICP-MS and solution nebulisation ICP-MS techniques for major and trace elements at six laboratories. The results show that the four chromite samples are homogeneous with respect to MgO, Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>, Cr<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>, FeO, Sc, Ti, V, Mn, Co, Ni, Zn and Ga. These samples are thus suitable to be used as reference materials for <i>in situ</i> microanalysis.</p>","PeriodicalId":12631,"journal":{"name":"Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research","volume":"47 3","pages":"683-695"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50115332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Laser Ablation (U-Th-Sm)/He Dating of Zircons: Analytical Age Bias and its Consequence for Studying Detrital Zircon Populations","authors":"Julien Léger, Raphaël Pik, Bouchaïb Tibari, Sébastien Ternois, Mary Ford, Chantal Peiffert, Julien Mercadier","doi":"10.1111/ggr.12494","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ggr.12494","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The <i>in situ</i> (U-Th-Sm)/He and U/Pb laser-ablation double-dating procedure is a valuable method that can provide a large dataset relatively efficiently in contrast with conventional bulk helium thermochronometry. In this study, we evaluate the potential age error associated with the double ablation procedure and report the <i>in situ</i> (U-Th-Sm)/He double-ablation dating of 249 zircons from the Fish Canyon Tuff locality. With LA-ICP-MS pseudo-depth profiling and 3D numerical modelling, we show that the concentric double-ablation procedure in minerals with U-Th-Sm zoning can generate a significant (U-Th-Sm)/He age error (positive or negative), resulting in over-scattering and/or an offset of the mean age. Pseudo-depth profiling is insufficient to predict the individual age error, partly because of the superimposed ablations. To evaluate the consequence of this inherent bias, we confront a synthetic age distribution to the error expected for U-Th-Sm zoned zircons analysed with double-ablation (U-Th-Sm)/He thermochronometry. As expected, a strong age bias causes the spreading of peak ages, downgrading the original signal. Yet, the throughput of the ablation-based method can allow intra- and inter-sample peak age identification and comparison, and the coupling of (U-Th-Sm)/He and U/Pb ages extends our ability to deconvolute a multimodal age spectrum.</p>","PeriodicalId":12631,"journal":{"name":"Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research","volume":"47 2","pages":"219-242"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50142919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}