Flat plateau and impossible isochrons: Apparent 40Ar-39Ar geochronology in a high-pressure terrain

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 63, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 2835-2838

  Sherlock, Sarah C ^a   Arnaud, Nicolas O ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; DATING METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY;

EID: 0033387275     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00116-7     Document Type: Article

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