A multisystem modeling approach for uranium-series dating

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 254-260

  Rasilainen, Kari ^a,c   Suksi, Juhani ^b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fracture coating; Natural analogue; Uranium series disequilibria

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOACTIVITY; ROCK BURSTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URANIUM;

DECAY (RADIOACTIVE);

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

EID: 0031364140     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT97-A35416     Document Type: Article

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