Exhumation History of Southern Madagascar as Revealed by Zircon and Apatite Fission-Track Thermochronology

Gondwana Research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 353-354

  Seward, Diane ^a   Grujic, Djordje ^b   Schreurs, Guido ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; ZIRCON;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 0037952250     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70273-2     Document Type: Article

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