摘要
Secondary ion mass spectrometry(SIMS) zircon U-Pb dating has been widely used to confine the absolute ages of the magmatic or metamorphic events and to distinguish multiple events.Here,a data set consisting of the zircon standards dating data(~15 000 Ple?ovice and ~8 000 Qinghu items) accumulated for more than 8 years using the CAMECA IMS 1280 HR of the Institute of Geology and Geophysics,Chinese Academy of Sciences(IGGCAS) is compiled to evaluate the long-term external reproducibility.With Ple?ovice zircon as the calibration standard and Qinghu zircon as an unknown sample,the analytical uncertainties for single-spot(n = 7 723) and session analyses(n = 691,with more than 7 single spot analyses in one session) are 2.6% and 0.9%(2 RSD,relative standard deviation),respectively.It means that single-spot U-Pb dating for a standard-level zircon sample could vary 5.2% at 95% confidence level,while the average value(n > 7) for each session may vary 1.8%.Thus,these values should be considered as the minimum uncertainty when comparing single spot and individual session analysis results for multiple dating works on a certain geological event.
基金
supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2018YFA0702600)
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41773044,41773047)。
