Interpretation of (U-Th)/He single grain ages from slowly cooled crustal terranes: A case study from the Transantarctic Mountains of southern Victoria Land

Chemical Geology

Volumn 225, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 91-120

  Fitzgerald, P G ^a   Baldwin, S L ^a   Webb, L E ^a   O'Sullivan, P B ^a,b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Apatite to Zircon Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

(U Th) He dating; Apatite fission track; Thermochronology; Transantarctic mountains

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; TERRANE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ANTARCTICA; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS;

EID: 29544434039     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

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