Reassessing the uranium decay constants for geochronology using ID-TIMS U-Pb data

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 426-445

  Schoene, Blair ^a   Crowley, James L ^a   Condon, Daniel J ^a   Schmitz, Mark D ^b   Bowring, Samuel A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

EID: 30944444139     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2005.09.007     Document Type: Article

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