Argon release mechanisms of biotite in vacuo and the role of short-circuit diffusion and recoil

Chemical Geology

Volumn 165, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 135-166

  Lo, Ching Hua ^a   Lee, James K W ^b   Onstott, Tullis C ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argon; Biotite; Diffusion; Geochronology

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BIOTITE; DIFFUSION; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING;

EID: 0034603663     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00167-9     Document Type: Article

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