Sphalerite 40Ar/39Ar progressive crushing and stepwise heating techniques

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 256, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 224-232

  Qiu, Hua Ning ^a   Jiang, Ying De ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar method; crushing in vacuum; Fankou Pb Zn deposit; fluid inclusion; mineralization age

Indexed keywords

FLUID INCLUSION; SPHALERITE; STEPWISE HEATING TECHNIQUES;

CRUSHING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HEATING; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; ISOTOPES; RADIOACTIVITY; SULFIDE MINERALS;

MINERALOGY;

CRUSHING; FLUID INCLUSION; HEATING; MINERALIZATION; RADIOACTIVITY; SPHALERITE;

EID: 33847658846     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.01.028     Document Type: Article

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