U and Th zonation in Fish Canyon Tuff zircons: Implications for a zircon (U-Th)/He standard

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 4745-4755

  Dobson, Katherine J ^a,b,c   Stuart, Finlay M ^b,c   Dempster, Tim J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HELIUM; THORIUM; URANIUM; ZIRCON;

COLORADO; FISH CANYON; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51549118442     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.07.015     Document Type: Article

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