Numerical investigations of apatite 4He/3He thermochronometry

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Farley, K A ^a   Shuster, D L ^b   Watson, E B ^c   Wanser, K H ^d   Balco, G ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^c Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

geochronology; He dating

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; ANISOTROPY; APATITE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES;

ANISOTROPIC DIFFUSION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ANISOTROPY; GEOMETRIC MODELING; HOMOGENEOUS MODELS; ISOTROPIC DIFFUSION; NUCLIDE CONCENTRATIONS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; SPHERICAL GEOMETRIES;

DIFFUSION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; APATITE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HELIUM ISOTOPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

EID: 77958126616     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003243     Document Type: Article

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