Precise dating of low-temperature deformation: Strain-fringe analysis by 40Ar-39Ar laser microprobe

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 219-222

  Sherlock, Sarah C ^a   Kelley, Simon P ^a   Zalasiewicz, Jan A ^b   Schofield, David I ^c   Evans, Jane A ^d   Merriman, Richard J ^c   Kemp, Simon J ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d Kingsley Dunham Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar laserprobe; Acadian; Deformation; Geochronology; Low temperature; Slate

Indexed keywords

LOW-TEMPERATURE DEFORMATION;

CATCHMENTS; DEFORMATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; STRAIN; STRESSES; TECTONICS;

MINERALS;

ACADIAN OROGENY; CLEAVAGE; DATING METHOD; DEFORMATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICA; SLATE; STRAIN ANALYSIS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037344821     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0219:PDOLTD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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