Effect of alpha-damage annealing on apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronology

Chemical Geology

Volumn 266, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 157-170

  Gautheron, Cécile ^a   Tassan Got, Laurent ^b   Barbarand, Jocelyn ^a   Pagel, Maurice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b CENTRE DE CALCUL DE L INSTITUT NATIONAL DE PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE ET DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

Author keywords

(U Th) He; Annealing; Closure temperature; Fission tracks; Thermochronology; recoil damage

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; APATITE; BASEMENT ROCK; DIFFUSION; FISSION TRACK DATING; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

EID: 68749094987     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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