Isotopic age constraints from electron microprobe U-Th-Pb dates, using a three-dimensional concordia diagram

American Mineralogist

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 586-591

  Kuiper, Yvette D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; ISOTOPES; TERNARY ALLOYS; THORIUM ALLOYS;

ELECTRON MICROPROBES; EMP ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC AGE;

LEAD ALLOYS;

ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; URANIUM SERIES DATING; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 17644408716     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2005.1364     Document Type: Article

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