Radiation damage control on apatite (U-Th)/He dates from the Grand Canyon region, Colorado Plateau

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 447-450

  Flowers, R M ^a   Shuster, D L ^b   Wernicke, B P ^a   Farley, K A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

(U Th) He; Apatite; Colorado Plateau; Grand Canyon; He diffusion kinetics; Radiation damage; Thermochronometry

Indexed keywords

DETRITAL APATITE GRAINS; DIFFUSION KINETICS; RADIATION DAMAGE CONTROL; THERMAL HISTORY; THERMOCHRONOMETRY;

APATITE; CHRONOMETERS; DIFFUSION; KINETICS; RADIATION DAMAGE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THERMOMETERS; THORIUM; URANIUM;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

APATITE; RADIATION DAMAGE; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

ARIZONA; COLORADO PLATEAU; GRAND CANYON; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248531254     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23471A.1     Document Type: Article

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