A century of U-pb geochronology: The long quest towards concordance

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 33-47

  Corfu, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT SPEED; HALF LIVES; U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY;

GEOLOGY;

SILICATE MINERALS;

DATING METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

EID: 84872333837     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30698.1     Document Type: Review

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