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In defence of the external detector method of fission track dating

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

P. F. Green
P. F. Green
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Department of Geology, University of MelbourneParkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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Geological Magazine , Volume 122 , Issue 1 , January 1985 , pp. 73 - 75
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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