A precise 40Ar-39Ar reference age for the Durango apatite (U-Th)/He and fission-track dating standard

Chemical Geology

Volumn 214, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 249-263

  McDowell, Fred W ^a   McIntosh, William C ^b   Farley, Kenneth A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

(U Th) He; 40Ar 39Ar; Apatite; Durango, Mexico; Geochronology

Indexed keywords

APATITE; ARGON-ARGON DATING; FISSION TRACK DATING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNIMBRITE; OLIGOCENE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

DURANGO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12344332877     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.10.002     Document Type: Article

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