Method Development
✦ A close-up of inductively-coupled plasma source of the iCap Q quadrupole mass spectrometer. Geochemistry/Cosmochemistry Group, EPL. (photo: Steve Shirey)
Relevant Publications
Rapid synchrotron method for mapping and characterizing inclusions in diamond
Wenz, M.D., Jacobsen, S.D, Zhang, D., Regier, M., Bausch, H.J., Dera, P.K., Rivers, M., Eng, P., Shirey, S.B., and Pearson, D.G. (2019) Fast identification of mineral inclusions in diamond at GSECARS using synchrotron X-ray microtomography, radiography, and diffraction. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 26(5) https://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s1600577519006854.
In-situ X-ray analysis of mineral inclusions in diamond
Agrosi, G., Tempesta, G., Mele, D., Allegretta, I., Terzano, R., Shirey, S. B., et al. (2017). Non-destructive, multi-method, internal analysis of multiple inclusions in a single diamond: First occurrence of mackinawite (Fe,Ni)(1+x)S. American MIneralogist, 102(11), 2235–2243. http://doi.org/10.2138/am-2017-6178
Laboratory glove contamination
Garçon, M., Sauzéat, L., Carlson, R. W., Shirey, S. B., Simon, M., Balter, V., & Boyet, M. (2017). Nitrile, Latex, Neoprene and Vinyl Gloves: A Primary Source of Contamination for Trace Element and Zn Isotopic Analyses in Geological and Biological Samples. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research. http://doi.org/10.1111/ggr.12161
Dissolution and identification method for nanophase PGE hosts in altered peridotite
Luguet, A., Shirey, S.B., Lorand, J.-P., Horan, M.F., and Carlson, R.W. (2007). Residual platinum group minerals from highly depleted harzburgites of the Lherz massif (France) and their role in HSE fractionation of the mantle: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 71, p. 3082-3097. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2007.04.011
Standard addition for Fe-Ni-Cu bulk composition of single sulfide inclusions
Westerlund, K.J., Shirey, S.B., Richardson, S.H., Carlson, R.W., Gurney, J.J., and Harris, J.W. (2006). A subduction origin for Early Archean peridotitic diamonds and harzburgites from the Panda kimberlite, Slave craton: Implications from Re-Os isotope systematics: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 152, p. 275-294. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00410-006-0101-8
In-situ laser ablation analysis for boron isotopic composition
le Roux, P.J., Shirey, S.B., Benton, L., Hauri, E.H., and Mock, T. (2004). In-situ, multiple-multiplier, LA-ICPMS measurement of boron isotopic composition (d11B) at the subnanogram level: Chemical Geology, v. 203, p. 123-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2003.09.006
ICP-MS analysis of Li in geological materials
Tomascak, P.B., Carlson, R.W., and Shirey, S.B. (1999). Accurate and precise determination of Li isotopic compositions by multi-collector sector ICP-MS: Chemical Geology, v. 158, p. 145-154. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00022-4
Single sulfide grain analysis for Re-Os isotopic analysis
Pearson, D.G., Shirey, S.B., Harris, J.W., and Carlson, R.W. (1998). Sulphide inclusions in diamonds from the Koffiefontein kimberlite, S Africa; constraints on diamond ages and mantle Re-Os systematics: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 160, p. 311-326. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00092-2
Sample digestion and sample-spike equilibration for Re-Os and PGE
Shirey, S.B., and Walker, R.J. (1995). Carius tube digestion for low-blank rhenium-osmium analysis: Analytical Chemistry, v. 34, p. 2136-2141. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/ac00109a036
Multiple ion detection and simultaneous ion collection
Brown, L., Carlson, R.W. and Shirey, S.B. (1993). A multiple ion multiplier detector for use in a mass spectrometer. Patent #5,220,167 U.S. Patent Office June 15, 1993. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6393460
Cation column calibration
Shirey, S.B., Banner, J.L., and Hanson, G.N. (1987). Cation-exchange column calibration for Sr and the REE by EDTA titration: Chemical Geology; Isotope Geoscience Section, v. 65, p. 183-187. https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-9622(87)90072-8
TIMS mass spectrometer automation
Flux-fusion whole-rock dissolution for Nd isotopic analysis
Shirey, S.B., 1984, The origin of Archean crust in the Rainy Lake area, Ontario. Unpublished PhD Dissertation, SUNY Stony Brook, 393pp.