Geochronology: Linking the Isotopic record with Petrology and Textures.(Book Review)

Publication: Geoscience Canada

Publication Date: 01-SEP-05

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In determining the age of minerals and rocks it is often possible to derive a precise number that can be interpreted as a date, it is another matter to accurately interpret the number in terms of the timing of a discrete geological event or process. This is the challenge addressed by the contributors to an edited volume in the Geological Society Special Publication series entitled Geochronology: Linking the isotopic record with petrology and textures. The volume consists of fourteen papers derived from a special symposium held at the 2002 Goldschmidt Conference in Davos, Switzerland.

Advances in analytical capabilities over the past 10-15 years allow geochronological studies to be carried out at a scale similar to petrological observation and...

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