U, Th-21Ne, a new dating tool: A case study of apatites from Hogenakal carbonatites

Current Science

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 445-448

  Basu, S ^a   Murty, S V S ^a   Kumar, Anil ^b  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

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