Barium silicates of the Berisal Complex, Switzerland: A study in geochronology and rare-gas release systematics

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 71, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 3336-3347

  Hetherington, C J ^a   Villa, I M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DEGASSING; FELDSPAR; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IRRADIATION; KINETICS; MICA; ORTHOGNEISS; PROTOLITH; SILICATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

CELSIA; MICAS;

EID: 34250174526     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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