The Rosetta Stone of isotope science and the uranium/lead system

Mass Spectrometry Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 757-771

  De Laeter, John ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

coral ages; geochronology; isotope fingerprints; mass spectrometry; nuclear fission; thermochronology

Indexed keywords

CORAL AGES; EGYPTIANS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; HUMAN HEALTH; ICE CORE; INTERCONNECTIVITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC INVESTIGATION; LEADED PETROL; MOTOR VEHICLE; NATURAL REACTORS; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; ROSETTA; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INVESTMENTS; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; RADIOACTIVITY;

ISOTOPES;

EID: 80052148487     PISSN: 02777037     EISSN: 10982787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mas.20300     Document Type: Review

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