Dating of weathering profiles by radioactive disequilibria: Contribution of the study of authigenic mineral fractions

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 328, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 679-685

  Dequincey, Olivier ^a   Chabaux, François ^a   Clauer, Norbert ^a   Liewig, Nicole ^a   Muller, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a The French National Centre for Scientific Research   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Laterite; Radioactive disequilibrium; Rb Sr; Weathering profile

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; LATERITE; URANIUM SERIES DATING; WEATHERING PROFILE;

EID: 0033134153     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(99)80177-3     Document Type: Article

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