Apatite fission-track analysis

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Volumn 58, Issue , 2005, Pages 49-94

  Donelick, Raymond A ^a,b   O'Sullivan, Paul B ^a,c   Ketcham, Richard A ^d  

^a Apatite to Zircon Incorporated   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 28544434706     PISSN: 15296466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2138/rmg.2005.58.3     Document Type: Article

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