On the densities of etchable fission tracks in a mineral and co-irradiated external detector with reference to fission-track dating of minerals

Chemical Geology

Volumn 200, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 41-58

  Jonckheere, Raymond ^a  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Durango apatite; External detector method; Fission track dating; method; method

Indexed keywords

APATITE; FISSION TRACK DATING; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERAL; URANIUM;

EID: 0043123053     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(03)00116-5     Document Type: Article

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