Pb-Pb dating of apatite by a stepwise dissolution technique

Chemical Geology

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 23-40

  Berger, Michael ^a   Braun, Ingo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apatite; Kerala Khondalite Belt; Limpopo Belt; Pb Pb dating; Stepwise dissolution technique

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005474732     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(97)00072-7     Document Type: Article

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