Three new ways to calculate average (U-Th)/He ages

Chemical Geology

Volumn 249, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 339-347

  Vermeesch, Pieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

(U TH) He; Compositional data analysis; Thermochronology

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; FISSION TRACK DATING; HELIUM; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; THORIUM; URANIUM;

EID: 41349090772     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.01.027     Document Type: Article

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