40Ar/39Ar age of plagioclase from Acapulco meteorite and the problem of systematic errors in cosmochronology

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 13-26

  Renne, Paul R ^a,b  

^a BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Argon; Geochronology; Meteorites; Plagioclase; Radioactive decay

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; METEORITE; PLAGIOCLASE;

EID: 0034731855     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(99)00287-3     Document Type: Article

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