Fission tracks simulated by swift heavy ions at crustal pressures and temperatures

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 274, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 355-358

  Lang, Maik ^a   Lian, Jie ^a,b   Zhang, Fuxiang ^a   Hendriks, Bart W H ^c   Trautmann, Christina ^d   Neumann, Reinhard ^d   Ewing, Rodney C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^d GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

diamond anvil cell; fission tracks; fission track dating; high pressure; ion beam irradiation; radiation damage

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE PROCESSES; DIAMOND ANVIL CELL; ELEVATED PRESSURES; ETCHED TRACKS; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; FISSION TRACKS; FISSION-TRACK DATING; HIGH PRESSURE; ION-BEAM IRRADIATION; LATENT TRACKS; MEAN VALUES; NATURAL ZIRCONS; RADIATION DAMAGE; RELATIVISTIC HEAVY IONS; SWIFT HEAVY IONS; TRACK DIAMETERS;

ELECTROLYSIS; FISSION REACTIONS; HEAVY IONS; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IONS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DIAMOND ANVIL CELL; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; FISSION TRACK DATING; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LATTICE DYNAMICS; P-T CONDITIONS; RADIATION DAMAGE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 52749088201     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.07.039     Document Type: Article

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