DEVELOPMENT OF A METHODOLOGY FOR CORALS AND SPELEOTHEMS DATING USING THE 230-TH/234-U METHOD, THROUGH CHROMATOGRAPHIC SEPARATION AND QUANTIFICATION BY ALPHA SPECTROMETRY AND FIA-ICP-MS / DESENVOLVIMENTO DE UMA METODOLOGIA PARA DATAÇÃO DE CORAIS E ESPELEOTEMAS UTILIZANDO O MÉTODO DA RAZÃO 230TH/234U, POR SEPARAÇÃO CROMATOGRÁFICA EQUANTIFICAÇÃO POR ESPECTROMETRIA ALFA E FIA-ICP-MS

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2006

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This paper discusses the age determination of speleothems and corals using Uranium-series- imbalance method, more specifically the daughter deficient method - DD, particularly the 230Th/234U method. Different methodologies were tested using chromatographic extraction separation and quantification by alpha spectrometry and ICP-MS. Three different procedures were tested: batch separation using columns with Tri-N-Octylphosphine Oxide (TOPO) in silica gel and TRU column commercialized by Eichrom(R) composed of octyl-N,N,-isobutyl carbamoylphosphine oxide dissolved in tri-n-butyl phosphate (TBP) and with quantification by alpha spectrometry; batch separation with the same systems, but with quantification by ICP-MS; and flow injection with TRU cartridges and qualification by ICP-MS. The methodologies developed were verified using certified reference samples, IAEA-327 (soil) with 2% imprecision rate for the method using flow injection with TRU cartridges and qualification by ICP-MS. The speleothem samples analyzed were collected at Carste de Lagoa Santa, in the state of Minas Gerais, by Prof. Luis Piló`s (USP) group, and their ages varied from 15,2±2,2 kyears to >350 kyears. These numbers are within the range found in the literature for speleothem samples collected by the same group in the same region. The coral sample, collected at Bacia de Campos (RJ), and from the Lophelia pertusa species, was subdivided according to its ramifications (primary, secondary and tertiary), and the main ramification dated 9,4 ± 0,3 kyears.

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coral dating serie u espeleotema u-series speleothem coral datacao

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