Modelling the effect of arbitrary P-T-t histories on argon diffusion in minerals using the MacArgon program for the Apple Macintosh

Tectonophysics

Volumn 253, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 83-109

  Lister, Gordon S ^a   Baldwin, Suzanne L ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON DIFFUSION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; METAMORPHISM; P/T/T HISTORY;

EID: 0029749882     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(95)00059-3     Document Type: Article

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