Testing the applicability of vacuum-encapsulated 40Ar/39Ar geochronology to pedogenic palygorskite and sepiolite

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 20, Issue , 2014, Pages 8-22

  Robins, Colin R ^a   Buck, Brenda J ^b   Spell, Terry L ^b   Soukup, Deborah ^b   Steinberg, Spencer ^b  

^a KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; DISSOLUTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PALYGORSKITE; PEDOGENESIS; PHYLLOSILICATE; SEPIOLITE;

LAS CRUCES; NEVADA; NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887718691     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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