Precise K-Ar, 40Ar/39Ar, Rb-Sr and U/Pb mineral ages from the 27.5 Ma fish canyon tuff reference standard

Chemical Geology

Volumn 175, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 653-671

  Lanphere, Marvin A ^a   Baadsgaard, H ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

K Ar dating; Mineral standards; Rb Sr dating; U Pb method

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; RUBIDIUM-STRONTIUM DATING; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

EID: 0035018118     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(00)00291-6     Document Type: Article

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