Improved spatial resolution for U-series dating of opal at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, USA, using ion-microprobe and microdigestion methods

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1591-1606

  Paces, James B ^a   Neymark, Leonid A ^a   Wooden, Joseph L ^b   Persing, Harold M ^c  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; HYDROGEOLOGY; OPAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 1842780857     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2003.08.022     Document Type: Article

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