40Ar/39Ar and (U-Th)/He - 4He/3He geochronology of landscape evolution and channel iron deposit genesis at Lynn Peak, Western Australia

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 283-312

  Vasconcelos, Paulo M ^a   Heim, Jonathan A ^a,c   Farley, Kenneth A ^b   Monteiro, Hevelyn ^a   Waltenberg, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Rio Tinto Limited Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; ARGON-ARGON DATING; ARIDIFICATION; CEMENTATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GOETHITE; HELIUM ISOTOPE; IRON ORE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; ORE DEPOSIT; PETROGENESIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

AUSTRALIA; HAMERSLEY RANGE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84879146310     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.03.037     Document Type: Article

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