Modelling effect of sericitization of plagioclase on the40K/40Ar and40K/39Ar chronometers: Implication for dating basaltic rocks and mineral deposits

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 378, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 155-174

  Verati, Chrystèle ^a   Jourdan, Fred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARGON-ARGON DATING; BASALT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHISM; MINERAL DEPOSIT; PLAGIOCLASE;

EID: 84895065939     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP378.14     Document Type: Article

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