(U-Th)/He dating of terrestrial impact structures: The Manicouagan example

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Van Soest, Matthijs C ^a   Hodges, Kip V ^a   Wartho, Jo Anne ^a   Biren, Marc B ^b   Monteleone, Brian D ^a   Ramezani, Jahandar ^c   Spray, John G ^b   Thompson, Lucy M ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

(U Th) He; apatite; geochronology; impact crater; Manicouagan; zircon

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CHRONOMETERS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HELIUM; LEAD; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; ZIRCON;

(U-TH)/HE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH-PRECISION; IMPACT AGE; IMPACT CRATERS; IMPACT EVENTS; IMPACT STRUCTURES; LOW TEMPERATURES; MANICOUAGAN; MELT SHEET; METEORITE IMPACT; PRE-IMPACT; QUEBEC , CANADA; TARGET MATERIALS; THERMAL DISTURBANCE; U-PB ZIRCON; WEIGHTED MEAN;

METEOR IMPACTS;

ACCESSORY MINERAL; ARGON-ARGON DATING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HELIUM; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IMPACT STRUCTURE; IMPACTITE; METEORITE; PRECISION; SHOCK METAMORPHISM; URANIUM SERIES DATING; ZIRCON;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 79958045474     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003465     Document Type: Article

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