Thermochronometers in sedimentary basins

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Volumn 58, Issue , 2005, Pages 499-525

  Armstrong, Phillip A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 28544440865     PISSN: 15296466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2138/rmg.2005.58.19     Document Type: Review

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