Forward and inverse modeling of low-temperature thermochronometry data

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Volumn 58, Issue , 2005, Pages 275-314

  Ketcham, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 28544442028     PISSN: 15296466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2138/rmg.2005.58.11     Document Type: Article

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