Bias in detrital zircon geochronology and thermochronometry

Chemical Geology

Volumn 359, Issue , 2013, Pages 90-107

  Malusà, Marco G ^a   Carter, Andy ^b   Limoncelli, Marta ^a   Villa, Igor M ^a,c   Garzanti, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Etching bias; European Alps; Radiation damage; U concentration bias; Zircon fission track dating; Zircon U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

ETCHING BIAS; EUROPEAN ALPS; KOLMOGOROV-SMIRNOV TEST; MECHANICAL ABRASION; REGIONAL METAMORPHISMS; ZIRCON FISSION TRACKS; ZIRCON U-PB DATING; ZIRCON U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGIES;

CATCHMENTS; ETCHING; FISSION REACTIONS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD; RADIATION DAMAGE; URANIUM;

ZIRCON;

BEDROCK; DATA SET; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; DETRITUS; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PROVENANCE; SAMPLING BIAS; SEDIMENT BUDGET; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ALPS;

EID: 84886301178     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.09.016     Document Type: Article

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