Fundamentals of fission-track thermochronology

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Volumn 58, Issue , 2005, Pages 19-47

  Tagami, Takahiro ^a   O'Sullivan, Paul B ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Apatite to Zircon Incorporated   (United States)

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EID: 28544437588     PISSN: 15296466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2138/rmg.2005.58.2     Document Type: Review

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