Annealing experiments on induced fission tracks in apatite: Measurements of horizontal-confined track lengths and track densities in basal sections and randomly oriented grains

American Mineralogist

Volumn 91, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 252-260

  Tello, Carlos A ^a,b   Palissari, Rosane ^a   Hadler, Julio C ^a   Iunes, Pedro J ^a   Guedes, Sandro ^a   Curvo, Eduardo A C ^a   Paulo, Sergio R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apatite; Confined tracks; Crystallographic orientation; Fission track dating

Indexed keywords

APATITE; FISSION REACTIONS; ISOTHERMS;

ANNEALING EXPERIMENTS; APATITE FISSION TRACKS; CONFINED TRACKS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATIONS; FISSION-TRACK DATING; ISOTHERMAL EXPERIMENTS; ISOTHERMAL TREATMENT; RANDOMLY ORIENTED GRAINS;

ISOTHERMAL ANNEALING;

ANNEALING; APATITE; CRYSTALLINITY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FISSION TRACK DATING;

EID: 33745947755     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2006.1269     Document Type: Article

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