40Ar/39Ar analyses of artificially mixed micas and the treatment of complex age spectra from samples with multiple mica populations

Chemical Geology

Volumn 275, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 67-77

  Kula, Joseph ^a   Spell, Terry L ^a   Zanetti, Kathleen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age spectra; Argon; Biotite; Geochronology; Micas; Muscovite

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BIOTITE; CRETACEOUS; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; DEGASSING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; JURASSIC; MICA; MUSCOVITE;

MICAS;

EID: 77953807698     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.04.015     Document Type: Article

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