Single-crystal 40Ar/39Ar age variation in muscovite of the Gassetts Schist and associated gneiss, vermont appalachians

American Mineralogist

Volumn 93, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 384-395

  Hames, Willis E ^a   Cheney, John T ^b   Tracy, Robert J ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar; Acadian; Appalachians; Geochronology; Laser analysis; Muscovite; Paragonite; Phengite

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MICA;

ACADIAN; APPALACHIANS; MUSCOVITE; PARAGONITE; PHENGITE; ^40AR/^39AR;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

ACADIAN; ARGON-ARGON DATING; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; DIFFUSION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRAIN BOUNDARY; MUSCOVITE; PARAGONITE; SUBSTITUTION;

EID: 41649110688     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2008.2641     Document Type: Conference Paper

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