Published September 12, 1975
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Journal article
Spontaneous fission--neutron fission xenon: a new technique for dating geological events
Description
A method for dating geological samples which uses fission product xenon in a manner similar to the use of radiogenic argon in the 40Ar--39Ar technique has been developed. The results of stepwise heating experiments for a zircon from the Ahaggar region in the Sahara are compared to the geochronology determined by the rubidium--strontium, uranium--thorium--lead, and potassium--argon dating methods. (auth)
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Science
- Journal Volume
- 189
- Journal Issue
- 4206
- Series
- Science.
- Journal Page Range
- 878-880
- ISSN
- 0036-8075
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 7233258
- Subject category
- S58: GEOSCIENCES;
- Descriptors DEI
- AGE ESTIMATION; ARGON 39; ARGON 40; FISSION PRODUCTS; HEATING; ISOTOPE DATING; MINERALS; SILICATES; SPONTANEOUS FISSION; XENON; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS
- Descriptors DEC
- ARGON ISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; ELEMENTS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; FISSION; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; NONMETALS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEI; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOISOTOPES; RARE GASES; SILICON COMPOUNDS; STABLE ISOTOPES; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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