Helium diffusion and (U-Th)/He thermochronometry of titanite

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 63, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 3845-3859

  Reiners, Peter W ^a   Farley, Kenneth A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; HELIUM; THORIUM; TITANITE; URANIUM;

EID: 0033378474     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00170-2     Document Type: Article

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