Magnetite (U-Th)/He dating and its application to the geochronology of intermediate to mafic volcanic rocks

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 259, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 360-371

  Blackburn, Terrence J ^a   Stockli, Daniel F ^a   Walker, J Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

(U Th) He; geochronology; helium; magnetite; thermocrhonology; volcanic

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOMETER; MAFIC VOLCANIC ROCKS; MAGNETITE CRYSTALS; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

CRYSTALS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETITE; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

DATING METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HELIUM; MAFIC ROCK; MAGNETITE; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCK; ZIRCON;

EID: 34250903669     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.04.044     Document Type: Article

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