Pb stepwise leaching (PbSL) dating of garnet-addressing the inclusion problem

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 113-121

  Schaller, Mirjam ^a   Steiner, Oliver ^a   Studer, Ivan ^a   Frei, Robert ^a   Kramers, Jan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Garnet; Geochronology; Monazite; Pb isotopes; Pb stepwise leaching; Zircon

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; GARNET; LEAD; LEAD STEPWISE LEACHING;

EID: 0030860636     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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