On methodical problems in estimating geological temperature and time from measurements of fission tracks in apatite

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 36, Issue 1-6 SPEC., 2003, Pages 43-55

  Jonckheere, R ^a  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apatite; Fission track dating; T(t) path modelling

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; GEOLOGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

FISSION-TRACK DATING;

FISSION REACTIONS;

EID: 0042865991     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(03)00096-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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