Apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronometry: Methods and applications to problems in tectonic and surface processes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 206, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-14

  Ehlers, Todd A ^a   Farley, Kenneth A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

(U Th) He; Apatite; Numerical modeling; Surface processes; Tectonics; Thermochronometry

Indexed keywords

APATITE; DATING METHOD; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HELIUM; TECTONICS; THERMAL EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

EID: 0037472791     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)01069-5     Document Type: Article

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