Late Miocene (U+Th)-4He ages of ferruginous nodules from lateritic duricrust, Darling Range, Western Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 901-909

  Pidgeon, R T ^a   Brander, T ^b   Lippolt, H J ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Darling Range; Hematite; Laterite; Maghemite; Miocene; Pisoliths; Regolith; Uranium thorium helium dating; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

DURICRUST; MIOCENE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 15744377865     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1400-0952.2004.01094.x     Document Type: Article

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