The effects of deformation-induced microstructures on intragrain 40Ar/39Ar ages in potassium feldspar

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 363-366

  Reddy, S M ^a,d   Potts, G J ^a   Kelley, S P ^b   Arnaud, N O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; POTASSIUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CONSTRAINED DEFORMATIONS; DATING TECHNIQUES; INTERNAL MICROSTRUCTURE; LATTICE ORIENTATIONS; MICROSTRUCTURAL CONTROL; POTASSIUM FELDSPAR; STRUCTURAL DATA; TIME EVOLUTIONS;

FELDSPAR;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; FELDSPAR; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84874986575     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0363:TEODIM>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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