" Data reporting norms for 40Ar/ 39Ar geochronology" - Comment

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages 50-52

  Baksi, Ajoy K ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argon dating; Errors; Geochronology; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ARGON ISOTOPE; ARGON-ARGON DATING; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOSTATISTICS;

EID: 84867143764     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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