40Ar/39Ar dating of West African lateritic cryptomelanes

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 62, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 2739-2756

  Henocque O ^a   Ruffet, G ^b   Colin, F ^a,c   Feraud G ^b  

^a CEREGE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CRYPTOMELANE; EOCENE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LATERITE; WEATHERING;

AFRICA;

EID: 0345390250     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00185-9     Document Type: Article

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