Incomplete retention of radiation damage in zircon from Sri Lanka

American Mineralogist

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 219-231

  Nasdala, Lutz ^a   Reiners, Peter W ^b   Garver, John I ^c   Kennedy, Allen K ^d   Stern, Richard A ^e   Balan, Etienne ^f   Wirth, Richard ^g  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^g GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; LEAD ALLOYS; LEAD METALLOGRAPHY; MICA; RADIATION DAMAGE; RUBIDIUM ALLOYS; STRONTIUM ALLOYS; TERNARY ALLOYS; THORIUM ALLOYS; TUNGSTEN METALLOGRAPHY; URANIUM METALLOGRAPHY; ZIRCON;

AGE DETERMINATION; CORRECTION FACTORS; DAMAGE ACCUMULATION; LITERATURE DATA; PROPERTY CHANGES; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES; SELF-IRRADIATION; ZIRCON (U-TH)/HE;

THORIUM METALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; RADIATION DAMAGE; ZIRCON;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 0842349445     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2004-0126     Document Type: Article

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