The effect of long-term low-temperature exposure on apatite fission track stability: A natural annealing experiment in the deep ocean

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 71, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 4512-4537

  Spiegel, Cornelia ^a   Kohn, Barry ^b   Raza, Asaf ^b   Rainer, Thomas ^c   Gleadow, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; APATITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPLEXATION; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CORE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT;

EID: 34548567609     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.06.060     Document Type: Article

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