Influence of etching conditions on apatite fission-track etch pit diameter

Chemical Geology

Volumn 271, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 59-69

  Sobel, E R ^a   Seward, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Calibration; Etch pits; Fission track analysis; Laboratory experiment

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; APATITE; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIAMETER; ETCHING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISSION TRACK DATING; LINEARITY; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REACTION KINETICS; SIMULATED ANNEALING; TUFF;

EID: 75149194260     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.12.012     Document Type: Article

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