Comment on 'Paleozoic ages and excess 40Ar in garnets from the Bixiling eclogite in Dabieshan, China: New insights from 40Ar/39Ar dating by stepwise crushing by Hua-Ning Qiu and J.R. Wijbrans'

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 71, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 6040-6045

  Kendrick, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON ISOTOPE; ARGON-ARGON DATING; ECLOGITE; FACIES ANALYSIS; FLUID INCLUSION; GARNET; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PALEOZOIC; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

ASIA; CHINA; DABIE MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 36348931586     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.01.029     Document Type: Article

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