(U + Th) -He evidence of Jurassic continuous hydrothermal activity in the Schwarzwald basement, Germany

Chemical Geology

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 273-285

  Wernicke, Rolf S ^a,b   Lippolt, Hans J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Gesell Anlagen R   (Germany)

Author keywords

Helium dating method; Hematite; Jurassic; Schwarzwald

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; HAEMATITE; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; JURASSIC;

GERMANY, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, BLACK FOREST;

EID: 0030733321     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(97)00020-X     Document Type: Article

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