K-ar ages of 2:1 clay minerals, Mackenzie Delta - Beaufort Sea region, Arctic Canada: significance of n-alkylammonium exchange

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1507-1524

  Sears, S Kelly ^a   Hesse, Reinhard ^a   Vali, Hojatollah ^a   Elliott, W Crawford ^b,c   Aronson, James L ^b,d   Martin, Robert F ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

"Alkylammonium illite"; Arctic Canada; Illite; K Ar dating; Mackenzie Delta Beaufort Sea region; Octadecylammonium cations; Pt C replica; Reindeer D 27 well; Smectite; TEM

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUND; CLAY MINERAL; ILLITE; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING;

BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA;

EID: 13044282611     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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