On the loss of 40Ar * from muscovite during polymetamorphism

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 3863-3872

  Hames, Willis E ^a   Cheney, J T ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON LOSS; ARGON-40; MUSCOVITE; POLYMETAMORPHISM;

EID: 0031431247     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0016-7037(97)00207-x     Document Type: Article

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