Apatite 4He/3He and (U-Th)/He evidence for an ancient grand canyon

Science

Volumn 338, Issue 6114, 2012, Pages 1616-1619

  Flowers, R M ^a   Farley, K A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; HELIUM; URANIUM;

APATITE; BASEMENT ROCK; CANYON; COOLING; HELIUM ISOTOPE; INCISED VALLEY; RADIATION DAMAGE; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; THORIUM; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; DIFFUSION; HYDROLOGY; LANDSCAPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; ZONATION;

ARIZONA; GRAND CANYON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871441673     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1229390     Document Type: Article

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