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GEOSTANDARDS AND GEOANALYTICAL RESEARCH
Volume 47, Issue 1, Pages 49-66Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/ggr.12474
Keywords
laser ablation; data reduction; software; geochronology; LA-ICP-MS
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U-Pb Saturn is a new freeware designed for U-Pb LA-ICP-MS data reduction. The software allows easy interaction and visualization of LA-ICP-MS U-Pb datasets, providing fast and reliable data reduction for hundreds of data-points. It offers dynamic graphic interfaces for viewing, evaluating, and plotting U-Pb and Pb-Pb isotope data.
U-Pb Saturn is new freeware for U-Pb LA-ICP-MS data reduction. It has been developed to provide easy interaction with and visualisation of LA-ICP-MS U-Pb datasets, and allows fast and reliable data reduction of hundreds of data-points. Saturn offers dynamic graphic interfaces to quickly view, evaluate, and plot U-Pb and Pb-Pb isotope data. It operates online (or offline), giving the freedom to change parameters and reprocess data at any stage of data acquisition. The main interface allows the user to: (1) choose the best statistics for drift correction, (2) include/exclude offset factors and (3) apply (or not) Pb-c corrections in different modes. Signal intensities are displayed in a separate graphic interface that allows users to interact with the time-resolved signal of individual spot analyses. All graphic windows are interactive; any modification to data treatment (e.g., inclusion or exclusion of analyses of reference material, or modification of the time-resolved signal windows) is instantaneously updated on the data tables. Saturn is particularly attractive for beginners in LA-ICP-MS U-Pb geochronology as it is non-commercial, easy to install, and very interactive. Coding information and a version of the software can be accessed at .
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