Etching zircon age standards for fission-track analysis

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-53

  Garver, John I ^a  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age standards; Etching; Fish Canyon Tuff; Fission track; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; COOLING; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ETCHING; EUTECTICS; HEATING; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SOLUBILITY;

AGE STANDARDS; FISH CANYON TUFF (FCT); FISSION TRACK (FT) ANALYSIS; MAGNIFICATION;

ZIRCON;

EID: 1642329166     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(02)00127-0     Document Type: Article

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