Geochemistry and age of Ivory Coast tektites and microtektites

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1745-1772

  Koeberl, Christian ^a   Bottomley, Richard ^b   Glass, Billy P ^c   Storzer, Dieter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Box 430   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; FISSION TRACK ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; STREWN FIELD; TEKTITE;

IVORY COAST;

EID: 0030805323     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00026-4     Document Type: Article

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