Transdimensional inverse thermal history modeling for quantitative thermochronology

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Gallagher, Kerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; FISSION TRACK DATING; INVERSE ANALYSIS; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

EID: 84858039708     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008825     Document Type: Article

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