On the calibration of fission-track annealing models

Chemical Geology

Volumn 248, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-13

  Guedes, S ^a   Jonckheere, R ^b   Moreira, P A F P ^c   Hielscher, R ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apatite annealing models; Experiment design; Fission track thermochronology; Kontinentale Tiefbohrung

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; APATITE; CALIBRATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FISSION TRACK DATING; KTB BOREHOLE; PREDICTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

EID: 38749094835     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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