Intercalibration of 40Ar/39Ar dating standards

Chemical Geology

Volumn 129, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 307-324

  Baksi, Ajoy K ^a   Archibald, D A ^b   Farrar, Edward ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; CALIBRATION; STANDARD SAMPLE;

EID: 0030455206     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2541(95)00154-9     Document Type: Article

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