Mountains in the shadows of time: Three-dimensional density distribution mapping of U-Pb isotopic data as a visualization aid for geochronological information in concordia diagrams

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Sircombe, K N ^a  

^a Minerals Division   (Australia)

Author keywords

Concordia diagrams; Probability density distributions; SHRIMP; U Pb ages

Indexed keywords

EID: 71849089232     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC001052     Document Type: Article

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