Improving constraints on apatite provenance: Nd measurement on fission-track-dated grains

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 324, Issue , 2009, Pages 57-72

  Carter, A ^a   Foster, G L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; FISSION TRACK DATING; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PROVENANCE; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

EID: 74949113286     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP324.5     Document Type: Article

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