Following are links to published paper that describe analytical methods developed at the ALC:
Analytical Methods for Detrital Zircons (Gehrels, G., Valencia, V., Pullen, A., 2006, Detrital Zircon Geochronology by Laser Ablation Multicollector ICPMS at the Arizona LaserChron Center, in Olszewski, T., ed., Geochronology: Emerging Opportunities: Paleontology Society Papers, Volume 12, p. 67-76)
Analytical methods for U-Pb geochronology (Gehrels, G.E., Valencia, V., Ruiz, J., 2008, Enhanced precision, accuracy, efficiency, and spatial resolution of U-Pb ages by laser ablation–multicollector–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, v. 9, Q03017, doi:10.1029/2007GC001805)
Small-volume geochronology by LA-ICPMS (Johnston, S., Gehrels, G., Valencia, V., Ruiz, J., 2009, Small-volume U-Pb geochronology by Laser Ablation-Multicollector-ICP Mass Spectrometry: Chemical Geology, v. 259, p. 218-229)