Diffusion of 40Ar in muscovite

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1039-1051

  Harrison, T Mark ^a,b   Célérier, Julien ^b   Aikman, Amos B ^b   Hermann, Joerg ^b   Heizler, Matthew T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON ISOTOPE; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MUSCOVITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

EID: 58549111123     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.09.038     Document Type: Article

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