Fission-Track Dating

Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 643-662

  Westgate, J A ^a   Naeser, N D ^b   Alloway, B V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fission tracks; Geochronology; Glass shards; Indonesia; New Zealand; Tephra; Tephrochronology; Track fading; Uranium; Zircon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929935288     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53643-3.00039-X     Document Type: Chapter

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