Durango apatite fission-track dating using length-based age corrections and neutron fluence measurements by natural thorium thin films and natural U-doped glasses calibrated through natural uranium thin films

Chemical Geology

Volumn 187, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 201-211

  Iunes, P J ^a   Hadler N, J C ^b   Bigazzi, G ^a   Tello S, C A ^c   Guedes O, S ^b   Paulo, S R ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Durango apatite; Fission track dating; Neutron dosimetry; Thorium thin film; Uranium thin film

Indexed keywords

APATITE; FISSION TRACK DATING;

EID: 0036687779     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(02)00045-1     Document Type: Article

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