Determination of the decay-constant of 87Rb by laboratory accumulation of 87Sr

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 85, Issue , 2012, Pages 41-57

  Rotenberg, Ethan ^a   Davis, Donald W ^a   Amelin, Yuri ^b   Ghosh, Sanghamitra ^a   Bergquist, Bridget A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; RUBIDIUM-STRONTIUM DATING; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

EID: 84859913167     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.01.016     Document Type: Article

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