(U-Th)/He dating of kimberlites-A case study from north-eastern Kansas

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 275, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 111-120

  Blackburn, Terrence J ^a   Stockli, Daniel F ^a   Carlson, Richard W ^b   Berendsen, Pieter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

(U Th) He; Cretaceous; Kansas; kimberlite; Rb Sr; Riley

Indexed keywords

(U-TH)/HE; CRETACEOUS; KANSAS; KIMBERLITE; RB-SR; RILEY;

APATITE; COOLING; GARNETS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IRON ORES; MAGNETITE; MICA; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; PIPE; RADIOISOTOPES; RUBIDIUM; SILICATE MINERALS; TIME MEASUREMENT; TIMING CIRCUITS; ZIRCON;

HELIUM;

APATITE; BASEMENT ROCK; CRETACEOUS; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HELIUM ISOTOPE; KIMBERLITE; RUBIDIUM-STRONTIUM DATING; SANDSTONE; THORIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM ISOTOPE; ZIRCON;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; RILEY COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53249115096     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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