Eggins, StephenGrun, RainerMcCulloch, MalcolmPike, Alistair W GChappell, JohnKinsley, LeslieMortimer, GrahamShelley, MichaelMurray-Wallace, Colin VSpotl, ChristophTaylor, Lois2015-12-130277-3791http://hdl.handle.net/1885/82261The capabilities and potential applications of in situ dating of Quaternary materials using laser ablation-MC-ICPMS are explored. 234U/ 238U and 230Th/234U can be measured with precision sufficient for dating at a spatial resolution of 100 μm or better iKeywords: Carbonates; Inductively coupled plasma; Isotopes; Mass spectrometry; Spatial resolution; U-series isotopes; Laser ablation; geochronology; Quaternary; uranium series dating; Mollusca200510.1016/j.quascirev.2005.07.0062015-12-11