Combining [3He] cosmogenic dating with U-Th/He eruption ages using olivine in basalt

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 254, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 288-302

  Aciego, Sarah M ^a,b   DePaolo, Donald J ^a,b   Kennedy, B M ^a   Lamb, Michael P ^b   Sims, Kenneth W W ^c   Dietrich, William E ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

cosmogenic helium; Idaho; olivine; Snake River Basalts; U Th He

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC DATING; COSMOGENIC HELIUM; ERUPTION AGES;

BASALT; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALS; HELIUM; OLIVINE; RIVERS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

BASALT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; OLIVINE; PHENOCRYST; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; SNAKE RIVER PLAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846665628     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.11.039     Document Type: Article

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