An empirical test of helium diffusion in apatite: Borehole data from the Otway basin, Australia

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 463-474

  House, Martha A ^a   Farley, Kenneth A ^b   Kohn, Barry P ^c  

^a Saint Louis University   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Apatite; Diffusivity; Helium; Otway Basin

Indexed keywords

APATITE; BOREHOLE; CLOSURE TEMPERATURE; DIFFUSION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HELIUM; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033618235     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00120-X     Document Type: Article

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