Historical development of zircon geochronology

Zircon

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 145-181

  Davis, Donald W ^a   Williams, Ian S ^b   Krogh, Thomas E ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; ZIRCON;

HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT;

SILICATE MINERALS;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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