Application of X-ray micro-computed tomography in (U-Th)/He thermochronology

Chemical Geology

Volumn 257, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 101-113

  Evans, Noreen J ^a,b   McInnes, Brent I A ^a,b   Squelch, Andrew P ^b,c   Austin, Peter J ^d   McDonald, Bradley J ^a,b   Wu, Quianhong ^e  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Western Australian Interactive Virtual Environments Centre   (Australia)

^d Parker Cooperative Research Centre for Integrated Hydrometallurgy Solutions   (Australia)

^e CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

(U Th) He thermochronology; Alpha correction; Micro computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; APATITE; CRYSTAL PROPERTY; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY; URANIUM SERIES DATING; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ZIRCON;

EID: 54949158231     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.08.021     Document Type: Article

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