Radiometric ages of laterites and constraints on long-term denudation rates in West Africa

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 131-134

  Gunnell, Yanni ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOGRAPHIE PHYSIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Argon dating; Burkina Faso; Continental denudation; Cosmogenic radionuclides; Fission tracks; Laterites

Indexed keywords

LONG-TERM DENUDATION;

BAUXITE DEPOSITS; FISSION REACTIONS; LANDFORMS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOMETRY; TECTONICS;

GEOLOGY;

CENOZOIC; DENUDATION; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LATERITE; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; TECTONIC SETTING;

BURKINA FASO;

EID: 84879889002     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0131:RAOLAC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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