Cosmogenic chlorine-36 from calcium spallation

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 679-692

  Stone, J O ^a   Allan, G L ^a,b   Fifield, L K ^a   Cresswell, R G ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CALCITE; CALCIUM SPALLATION; CHLORINE-36; COSMOGENIC ISOTOPE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; SURFACE EXPOSURE DATING;

EID: 0029728990     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(95)00429-7     Document Type: Article

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