Research article
27 Oct 2022
Research article
| 27 Oct 2022
A revised alpha-ejection correction calculation for (U–Th) ∕ He thermochronology dates of broken apatite crystals
John J. Y. He and Peter W. Reiners
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Resolving the effects of 2-D versus 3-D grain measurements on apatite (U–Th) ∕ He age data and reproducibility
Geochronology, 4, 551–560,
2022Geochronology Discuss.,
2022Revised manuscript accepted for GChron
Geochronology, 1, 17–41,
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