Geochemical studies of tektites from East Asia

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-17

  Lee, Yung Tan ^a   Chen, Ju Chin ^a   Ho, Kung Suan ^b   Juang, Wen Shing ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating; East Asia; Geochemistry; Strewn field; Tektites

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; TEKTITE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 2442532738     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.38.1     Document Type: Article

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