Techniques for measuring uranium-series nuclides: 1992-2002

Uranium-series Geochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue , 2003, Pages 23-57

  Goldstein, Steven J ^a   Stirling, Claudine H ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES;

URANIUM-SERIES NUCLIDES;

URANIUM;

EID: 85061288663     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2113/0520023     Document Type: Chapter

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