High-precision U-Pb zircon geochronology and the Stratigraphie record

Zircon

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 305-326

  Bowring, Samuel A ^a   Schmitz, Mark D ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; URANIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCON;

HIGH-PRECISION; U-PB ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGIES;

LEAD ALLOYS;

EID: 84898607588     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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