Losses of radiogenic 40Ar in the fine-clay size fractions of sediments

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 234-249

  Lerman, Abraham ^a   Clauer, Norbert ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UMR 7063   (France)

Author keywords

40Ar loss; 40K; Age; Carboniferous; Clay fraction; Diffusion; Miocene; Neogene; Permian; Triassic

Indexed keywords

ARGON; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RADIOGENIC GASES; RADIOISOTOPES; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

CLAY AUTHIGENESIS; DIAGENETICS; PARTICLE-SIZE FRACTIONS; STRATIGRAPHIC AGE;

CLAY;

ARGON ISOTOPE; CLAY; DIAGENESIS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 20844459330     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2005.0530304     Document Type: Article

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