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Separation of Uranium and Thorium for 230Th-U Dating of Submarine Hydrothermal Sulfides
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Separation of Uranium and Thorium for 230Th-U Dating of Submarine Hydrothermal Sulfides

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Sphene: uranium-lead ages

G R Tilton, M H Grunenfelder

    Science (New York, N.Y.)
    |March 29, 1968
    PubMed

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