Visualizing thermotectonic and denudation histories using apatite fission track thermochronology

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Volumn 58, Issue , 2005, Pages 527-565

  Kohn, Barry P ^a   Gleadow, Andrew J W ^a   Brown, Roderick W ^b   Gallagher, Kerry ^c   Lorencak, Matevz ^a   Noble, Wayne P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 28544447651     PISSN: 15296466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2138/rmg.2005.58.20     Document Type: Review

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