Kelvin's age of the Earth paradox revisited

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B6, 2000, Pages 13155-13158

  Stacey, Frank D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; DATING METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY;

EID: 17944367418     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900028     Document Type: Article

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