Thermal history of the Cretaceous Sindong Group, Gyeongsang Basin, Korea based on fission track analysis

Basin Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 139-152

  Lim, Hyoun Soo ^a   Lee II, Yong ^a   Min, Kyung Duck ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CRETACEOUS; FISSION TRACK DATING; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE; THERMAL EVOLUTION; ZIRCON;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 0037341516     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2117.2003.00195.x     Document Type: Article

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