Cosmogenic noble gas paleothermometry

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 400, Issue , 2014, Pages 195-205

  Tremblay, Marissa M ^a,b   Shuster, David L ^a,b   Balco, Greg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic nuclide; Diffusion; Noble gas; Paleoclimate; Surface processes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DIFFUSION; FELDSPAR; ISOTOPES; KINETICS; MINERALS; QUARTZ; RADIOGENIC GASES;

COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES; DIFFUSION KINETICS; EXPOSURE DURATIONS; MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURES; NOBLE GAS; PALEOCLIMATES; SURFACE PROCESS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

NEON;

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DIFFUSION; FELDSPAR; HELIUM; NEON; NOBLE GAS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; QUARTZ; REACTION KINETICS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84902280503     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.05.040     Document Type: Article

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