Optimizing time step size for apatite fission track annealing models

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-74

  Issler, Dale R ^a  

^a Institute of Sedimentary & Petroleum Geology   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apatite fission track annealing; Thermal modeling; Time step optimization

Indexed keywords

APATITE; FISSION TRACK ANNEALING; THERMAL MODELLING; TIME STEP OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0029729326     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0098-3004(95)00057-7     Document Type: Article

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