Apatite (U-Th-Sm)/He thermochronology of rapidly cooled samples: The effect of He implantation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 285, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 105-114

  Spiegel, Cornelia ^a   Kohn, Barry ^b   Belton, David ^b   Berner, Zsolt ^c   Gleadow, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

abrasion; alpha ejection correction; apatite (U Th) He thermochronology; crossover date; He implantation; ocean drilling

Indexed keywords

AGE CONSTRAINTS; ALPHA-EJECTION CORRECTION; APATITE FISSION TRACKS; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CROSSOVER DATE; DEEP OCEAN; FISSION TRACK; GEODYNAMIC PROCESS; HE IMPLANTATION; NONTHERMAL; OCEAN DRILLING; SLOWLY COOLED; THERMAL HISTORY; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; UPPER CRUST;

ABRASION; APATITE; FISSION REACTIONS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

HELIUM;

ABRASION; AGE DETERMINATION; APATITE; COOLING; DEPOSITION; FISSION TRACK DATING; GEODYNAMICS; HELIUM; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; SIMULATED ANNEALING; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

EID: 67650609835     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.05.045     Document Type: Article

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