The role of inclusions in U-Pb and Sm-Nd garnet geochronology: Step wise dissolution experiments and trace uranium mapping by fission track analysis

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 121-134

  Dewolf, C P ^a   Zeissler, C J ^b   Halliday, A N ^a   Mezger, K ^c   Essene, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISSION TRACK ANALYSIS; GARNET; METAMORPHIC ROCK; SAMARIUM/NEODYMIUM DATING; STEPWISE DISSOLUTION; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

EID: 0029773324     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(95)00367-3     Document Type: Article

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