Probability density plot for fission-track grain-age samples

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 663-676

  Brandon, Mark T ^a  

^a Kline Geology Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MIXTURES; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; URANIUM; ZIRCON;

FISSION TRACK DATING; FISSION TRACK GRAIN AGES (FTGA);

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

EID: 0030235099     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(97)82880-6     Document Type: Article

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