K-Ar dating of magmatic sericite crystallites for determination of cooling paths of metamorphic overprints

Chemical Geology

Volumn 175, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 673-687

  Glasmacher, U A ^a   Tschernoster, R ^b   Clauer, N ^c   Spaeth, G ^d  

^a Forschungsstelle Archaometrie H   (Germany)

^b GfB Baustoffprufstelle ERFT Labor G   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cooling history; Crystallite thicknes; Diffusion; Effective grain size; K Ar dating; Muscovite; Sericite

Indexed keywords

COOLING; GRAIN SIZE; MUSCOVITE; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; SERICITE;

BELGIUM; GERMANY;

EID: 0035007427     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(00)00292-8     Document Type: Article

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