CosmoCalc: An Excel add-in for cosmogenic nuclide calculations

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Vermeesch, Pieter ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Banana plots; Calculator; Cosmogenic nuclides; Excel; Exposure dating

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149090552     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001530     Document Type: Article

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