Staircase 40Ar/39Ar spectra of fine-grained white mica: Timing and duration of deformation and empirical constraints on argon diffusion

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 747-750

  Kirschner, David L ^a,b   Cosca, Michael A ^a   Masson, Henri ^a   Hunziker, Johannes C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Saint Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ARGON; DEFORMATION; SILICATE MINERALS; STAIRS; TEMPERATURE; TIMING CIRCUITS;

ARGON CONCENTRATION; DUCTILE DEFORMATIONS; FINE GRAINED; LOW TEMPERATURES; NEOCRYSTALLIZATION; SWITZERLAND; THERMAL HISTORY; WHITE MICA; TIME SPAN;

MICA;

AGE DETERMINATION; ARGON; ARGON-ARGON DATING; DIFFUSION; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; MICA; MYLONITE; NAPPE; RECRYSTALLIZATION; ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; DEFORMATION;

SWITZERLAND; ALPS; MORCLES-DOLDENHORN NAPPE;

EID: 0030449691     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0747:SAASOF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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