Low temperature thermochronology and modeling strategies for multiple samples 1: Vertical profiles

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 237, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 193-208

  Gallagher, Kerry ^a   Stephenson, John ^a   Brown, Roderick ^b   Holmes, Chris ^c   Fitzgerald, Paul ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Fission track; Modelling; Thermochronology

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN METHOD; FISSION TRACK; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

LOW TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; ROCKS; TECTONICS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

EID: 24144476999     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.06.025     Document Type: Article

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