40Ar/ 39Ar geochronology of jarosite: The effectiveness of HF in removing silicate contaminants

Chemical Geology

Volumn 314-317, Issue , 2012, Pages 23-32

  Samuels Crow, Kimberly E ^a   Lueth, Virgil W ^b   Peters, Lisa ^b   McIntosh, William C ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar geochronology; Sample preparation; Supergene jarosite

Indexed keywords

AGE DATING; AR METHOD; BACKSCATTERED ELECTRONS; HF TREATMENT; HIGH-PURITY; JAROSITES; ME-XICO; NEW MEXICO; OLIGOCENE; POTASSIUM CONCENTRATIONS; RED RIVER; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SANIDINES; SUPERGENE; TREATMENT TIME;

CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; EXPERIMENTS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; POTASSIUM;

SILICATES;

AGE DETERMINATION; ARGON-ARGON DATING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; JAROSITE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POTASSIUM; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SILICATE; SUPERGENE PROCESS;

NEW MEXICO; RED RIVER VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861338611     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.04.032     Document Type: Article

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