Fission track age of Transantarctic Mountain microtektites

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2356-2360

  Folco, L ^a   Bigazzi, G ^b   D'Orazio, M ^c   Balestrieri, M L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISSION TRACK DATING; GEOCHEMISTRY; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PLATEAU; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TEKTITE;

ANTARCTICA; AUSTRALASIA; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS;

EID: 79953224405     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.02.014     Document Type: Article

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