Independent fission-track ages (φ-ages) of proposed and accepted apatite age standards and a comparison of φ-, Z-, ζ- and ζ0-ages: Implications for method calibration

Chemical Geology

Volumn 222, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 232-248

  Enkelmann, Eva ^a   Jonckheere, Raymond ^a   Wauschkuhn, Bastian ^a  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age calibration; Age standards; Apatite; Fission track dating

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CALIBRATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; REFERENCE SAMPLE; STANDARD (REFERENCE);

EID: 27644534622     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.07.009     Document Type: Article

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