Spontaneous Fission—Neutron Fission Xenon: A New Technique for Dating Geological Events
- 12 September 1975
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 189 (4206), 878-880
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.189.4206.878
Abstract
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 rubidiumstrontium, uranium-thorium-lead, and potassium-argon dating methods.Keywords
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