The effect of the instability of muscovite during in vacuo heating on 40Ar/39Ar step-heating spectra

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 123-141

  Sletten, V W ^a   Onstott, T C ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON RELEASE; MUSCOVITE; STEP HEATING;

EID: 0031719150     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00323-2     Document Type: Article

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