A test for systematic errors in 40Ar/39Ar geochronology through comparison with U/Pb analysis of a 1.1-Ga rhyolite

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-98

  Min, Kyoungwon ^a   Mundil, Roland ^b   Renne, Paul R ^a,b   Ludwig, Kenneth R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; RHYOLITE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

EID: 0034073787     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00204-5     Document Type: Article

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