Evaluation of cosmogenic 3He and 21Ne production rates in olivine and pyroxene from two Pleistocene basalt flows, western Grand Canyon, AZ, USA

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 475-492

  Fenton, Cassandra R ^a   Niedermann, Samuel ^a   Goethals, Mirjam M ^a,b   Schneider, Björn ^c   Wijbrans, Jan ^c  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Basalt; Cosmogenic; Helium; Neon; Olivine; Production rates; Pyroxene

Indexed keywords

BASALT; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HELIUM ISOTOPE; LAVA FLOW; NEON; OLIVINE; PLEISTOCENE; PYROXENE; TIMESCALE;

ARIZONA; GRAND CANYON; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350764564     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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