(U-Th)/He dating: Techniques, calibrations, and applications

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Farley, Kenneth A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 33845755316     PISSN: 15296466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2138/rmg.2002.47.18     Document Type: Article

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