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Data Publication

Uranium-lead (U-Pb) dating of the Wensleydale Granite, Yorkshire Dales, UK

Pashley, Vanessa | Thomas, Chris | Tapster, Simon

NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre

(2021)

Descriptions

We undertook U-Pb analysis - both high precision ID-TIMS and high spatial resolution LA-MC-ICP-MS – to determine the age of the Wensleydale Granite. This was done in order to resolve the ambiguity surrounding an earlier (1974) Rb/Sr age determination.

Keywords


Originally assigned keywords
Wensleydale granite
U–Pb dating
isotope dilution thermal ionization mass spectrometry (ID-TIMS)
Laser Ablation Multi-Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-MC-ICP-MS)

MSL enriched keywords
igneous rock - intrusive
acidic intrusive
granite
analysis
geochronology
uranium dating
uranium-lead dating
measured property
age of sample
uranium age
uranium-lead age
uranium
rubidium-strontium dating
equipment
mass spectrometer
inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer
multicollector-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer
laser ablation-multicollector inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry
thermal ionization-mass spectrometer
rubidium-strontium age

MSL enriched sub domains i

geochemistry

Source

https://www2.bgs.ac.uk/nationalgeosciencedatacentre/citedData/catalogue/cf65a5b9-5d0e-4f23-90af-e98089b983c0.html

Source publisher

NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre


DOI

10.5285/cf65a5b9-5d0e-4f23-90af-e98089b983c0


Creators

Pashley, Vanessa

British Geological Survey

Thomas, Chris

British Geological Survey

Tapster, Simon

British Geological Survey


Citation

Pashley, V., Thomas, C., & Tapster, S. (2021). Uranium-lead (U-Pb) dating of the Wensleydale Granite, Yorkshire Dales, UK [Data set]. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/CF65A5B9-5D0E-4F23-90AF-E98089B983C0


Dates

Available:

2021-09-25


Geo location(s)

Yorkshire Dales, North Pennines, UK