Apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronometry using a radiation damage accumulation and annealing model

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2347-2365

  Flowers, Rebecca M ^a   Ketcham, Richard A ^b   Shuster, David L ^c   Farley, Kenneth A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; DATA SET; FISSION TRACK DATING; LABORATORY METHOD; MODELING; RADIATION DAMAGE; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

EID: 62349096972     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.01.015     Document Type: Article

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