Determining accurate temperature-time paths from U-Pb thermochronology: An example from the Kaapvaal craton, southern Africa

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 165-185

  Schoene, Blair ^a   Bowring, Samuel A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; TITANITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

AFRICA; BARBERTON GREENSTONE BELT; KAAPVAAL CRATON; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33845494260     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.08.029     Document Type: Article

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