We have provided some essential reading materials to view before booking and using the Ion Micro-Probe Facility. Basic tutorial document We have provided a tutorial document for Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) available via PDF: Document geos-facilities-SIMS-Ionprobe - Essential Reading SIMS basic tutorial (478.76 KB / PDF) Publications R.W. Hinton (1990) Ion microprobe trace-element analysis of silicates: Measurement of multi-element glasses Chemical Geology, 83 p11-25 John M. Eiler, Colin Graham & John W. Valley (1997) SIMS analysis of oxygen isotopes: matrix effects in complex minerals and glasses Chemical Geology, 138 p221–244 Fitzsimons I.C.W., Harte B. and Clark R.M. (2000) SIMS stable isotope measurement: Counting statistics and analytical precision. Mineralogical Magazine, 64, p59–83. Hervig, R. L., Mazdab, F. K., Williams, P., Guan, Y., Huss, G. R., Leshin, 702 L. A. (2006) Useful ion yields for Cameca IMS 3f and 6f SIMS: Limits on quantitative analysis. Chemical Geology 227, p83–99. M.E. Hartley, T. Thordarson, C. Taylor, J.G. Fitton & EIMF (2012) Evaluation of the effects of composition on instrumental mass fractionation during SIMS oxygen isotope analyses of glasses. Chemical Geology, 334, p 312-323 Website: Science Direct - Chemical Geology Sliwinski M.G., Kitajima K., Kozdon R., Spicuzza M.J., Fournelle J.H., Denny A. and Valley J.W. (2015) Secondary ion mass spectrometry bias on isotope ratios in dolomite–ankerite, Part I: d18O matrix effects. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research. Access the publication online: Wiley Online Library website This article was published on 2024-07-01
