Short papers of the Fourth International Conference, Geochronology, Cosmochronology, Isotope Geology, 1978 / edited by Robert E. Zartman.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Government document

Contributor:

Zartman, Robert E., editor.

Conference Name:

International Conference on Geochronology, Cosmochronology, and Isotope Geology (4th : 1978 : Snowmass-at-Aspen, Colorado)

Series:

U.S. Geological Survey open-file report ; 78-701.

Geological Survey open-file report ; 78-701

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geological time--Congresses.

Geological time.

Geochemistry--Congresses.

Geochemistry.

Isotopes--Congresses.

Isotopes.

Genre:

proceedings (reports)

Conference papers and proceedings

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 476 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1978.

Contents:

Age of metamorphism and plutonism in the Jurassic-Cretaceous Rangitata orogenic belt, South Island, New Zealand / C.J.D. Adams

Determination of the isotopic abundance of boron in meteorites and tektites / E.K. Agyei and C.C. McMullen

MMhb-1 : a new ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar dating standard / E.C. Alexander Jr., G.M. Mickelson, and M.A. Lanphere

Early history of the solar system using meteorite radiochronologies / C.J. Allègre [and others]

Systematics of Sr, Nd and Pb isotopes in garnet lherzolite nodules in kimberlites / C.J. Allègre [and others]

The evolution of enhanced ²³⁴U/²³⁸U activity ratios for dissolved uranium and ground-water dating / John N. Andrews and R. Linden F. Kay

Tertiary-Quaternary chronostratigraphy by radiometric measurements on volcanics interbedded in sedimentary series / Claudio Arias [and others]

The climatic response in the [delta]¹³C values of juniper trees from the American Southwest / L. David Arnold

Geochronology and magnetostratigraphy of fluvial-deltaic sediments embracing the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary, Red Deer Valley, Alberta, Canada / H. Baadsgaard, J.F. Lerbekmo, and M.E. Evans

K-Ar ages of a suite of Lower Palaeozoic posttectonic granites, southern India / M.N. Balasubrahmanyan and A. Sarkar

Isotopically anomalous tellurium accompanies isotopic anomalous components of heavy noble gases in Allende / Robert V. Ballad [and others]

U-series chronology of two rhyolites of late Pleistocene age from Long Valley, California / J. Baranowski and R.S. Harmon

Fission track dating of mica from Kodarma, Bihar, eastern India / T. Roy Barman and K. Nandi

The relationship between Rb-Sr and U-Th-Pb whole-rock and zircon systems in the>3790 m.y. old Sand River gneisses, Limpopo mobile belt, southern Africa / J.M. Barton Jr., B. Ryan, and R.E.P. Fripp

Nd isotopes in mantle-derived rocks and minerals and the evolution of the earth's mantle / Asish R. Basu and Mitsunobu Tatsumoto

⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dating of Precambrian apparent-polar-wander paths / G.W. Berger [and others]

Rb-Sr ages for granites and gneisses from Himalaya / V.B. Bhanot [and others]

Correlation of isotope chemistry with molecular structure by second moment perturbation theory / Jacob Bigeleisen, Myung W. Lee, and Takanobu Ishida

Geochronology of the tin granites of Southeast Asia / J.D. Bignell, N.J. Snelling, and D.E. Teggin

K-Ar mineral dates, and the magnetic reversal within the Tatoosh pluton, Washington, U.S.A. / Michael Bikerman and Mary S. Robison

The significance of Rb-Sr total-rock ages in a multiply deformed and polymetamorphic terrain / Lance P. Black [and others]

⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dating of shock events in the Shergotty achondrite and the Plainview chondrite / D.D. Bogard and Liaquat Husain

First isotopic dating of Upper Precambrian sediments in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina / Michel G. Bonhomme and Carlos A. Cingolani

Argon isotopic geochemistry in clays

the influence of an inherited fraction / Michel G. Bonhomme, Francoise Elsass, and Christine Mosser

Francevillian revisited. Radiochronologyof a fossil nuclear reactor environment / Michel G. Bonhomme and Francis Weber

Intra- and inter-crystalline variations of Pb isotopic composition in galena from the Mississippi Valley type ores : an ion-microprobe study / O. Brevard, N. Shimizu, and C.J. Allègre

A contribution to the Pleistocene geochronology of Alaska and the Yukon Territory : fission-track age of distal tephra units / Nancy D. Briggs and John A. Westgate

Isotope ratio studies using a mass spectrometer with special geometry and computer control / C. Brunnee [and others]

Rate of track fading in crystals as an indicator of thermal history of rocks / Jan Burchart and Jolanta Galazka-Friedman

Geochronology of Paleozoic magmatism in the Massif Central (France) : its connections with tectonism and metamorphism / Jean Marie Cantagrel, Jean Louis Duthou, and Jean Bernard-Griffiths

Implications for the structure of chemical heterogeneity in the mantle from Nd and Sr isotopic variations / R.W. Carlson, J.D. MacDougall, and G.W. Lugmair

Determination of thermal neutron flux for fission track geochronology / B. Stephen Carpenter

Correlation of reworked ash deposits : the KBS tuff, northern Kenya / T.E. Cerling [and others]

Isotopic, geochemical, and faunal evidence for Pleistocene climatic change in East Africa / T.E. Cerling, R.L. Hay, and J.R. O'Neil

Age and origin of the Sierra Nevada batholith, California / J.H. Chen

Carbon isotope effects during the pyrolitic formation of methane from coal / H. Moses Chung and William M. Sackett

Behaviour of strontium and argon isotopes in biotites during a progressive natural weathering / Norbert Clauer

Zircon U/Pb isotopic evidence for early Palaeozoic tectonic activity in the Austroalpine Nappe, the eastern Alps / R.A. Cliff

Chemical and isotopic composition of natural gases from Paleozoic rocks in Illinois / Dennis D. Coleman and Wayne P. Meents

C, O, and S isotopic investigation of Lower Jurassic carbonate concretions / Max Coleman and Rob Raiswell

Volcanic processes studied by uranium-ionium systematics / M. Condomines, P. Morand and C.J. Allègre

Estimation of source Rb/Sr for individual igneous-derived granitoids and the inferred age of the lower crust in southeast Australia / W. Compston and B.W. Chappell

Comparison of U-Pb systems in zircons, monazites and sphenes. A contribution to the geochronology of the Precambrian basement of central south Norway / Fernando Corfu

The Sesia-Lanza zone, a slice of subducted continental crust / G.V. Dal Piaz, J.C. Hunziker, and W.B. Stern

Zircons from the mantle / Gordon L. Davis

The origin of anorthosites : geochemical and isotopic constraints / D. Demaiffe

Dietary analysis from ¹³C/¹²C ratios of carbonate and collagen fractions of bone / Michael J. DeNiro and Samuel Epstein

Nd and Sr isotope systematics of young continental igneous rocks / Donald J. DePaolo

Low temperature release of excess ⁴⁰Ar from Georgia dolerites / Robert E. Dooley and J.M. Wampler

The isotopic geochemistry of Pb and Sr of rocks from the Kerguelen Islands / L. Dosso and P. Vidal

Problems in the study of palaeoclimates by isotopic analyses of freshwater carbonates near Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, Canada / J. Driver, H.M. Brown, and H.R. Krouse

⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar geochronology of basalts from ocean basins

some successes with samples from aseismic ridges / R.A. Duncan

Heterogeneity of the mantle from Archean to present : a Pb isotope study / B. Dupré [and others]

Heavy noble gases in the Orgueil neon-E rich phase / P. Eberhardt

Cl : the case of missing ²⁶Al / Tezer M. Esat [and others]

The organic geochemistry of the stable hydrogen isotopes / Marilyn F. Estep and Thomas C. Hoering.

Terrestrial uranium, heat flow, and cosmochemistry / David E. Fisher

Age of the Thanet beds (Palaeocene) of East Kent, England / Frank J. Fitch, Paul J. Hooker, and John A. Miller

The KBS tuff problem / Frank J. Fitch [and others]

Lead isotope evidence for the existence and possible origin of some Mississippi Valley type deposits in southeastern Ontario / Ian R. Fletcher, R.M. Farquhar, and P.R. Kuybida

Sr isotope relations among cogenetic intrusions and inclusions of the Ascutney Mountain complex, Vermont / K.A. Foland and R.P. Lesser Jr.

K/Ar ages of Paleogene basalts from the Vicenza's Alps / F. Frascari, E. Lipparini, and C. Savelli

Stable isotope exchange between oceanic crust and ocean water / Hans Friedrichsen and Stephan Hoernes

Excess radiogenic argon and age of metamorphism and uplift in the Haast schists, Haast Pass, Lakes Wanaka and Hawea, South Island, New Zealand / J.E. Gabites and C.J.D. Adams

Uranium series dating of submerged speleothem : evidence of Illinoian low sea stand / M. Gascoyne and H.P. Schwarcz

U-Pb systematics of zircons and monazites from a mafic to ultramafic complex and its country rocks (Sauviat-Sur-Vige, French Central Massif) / Dieter Gebauer [and others]

Low temperature recrystallization of zircon as a cause of discordant U-Pb data / Dieter Gebauer and Marc Grünenfelder

U-Pb zircon dating of alpine-type garnet-peridotites example : Val Ultimo (eastern Alps, northern Italy) / Dieter Gebauer and Marc Grünenfelder

U-Pb zircon dating of eclogites : example, Münchberg gneiss massif (northeastern Bavaria) / Dieter Gebauer and Marc Grünenfelder

Oxygen diffusion in minerals and models for ¹⁸O exchange between a gabbroic intrusion and circulating meteoric waters / Bruno J. Giletti and E.M. Parmentier

K-Ar dating of the Laschamp magnetic excursion : a method for dating young volcanic rocks / Pierre-Yves Gillot

Comparison of fission-track dating methods : effects of anisotropic etching and accumulated [alpha]-damage / A.J.W. Gleadow

Fission-track evidence for the evolution of rifted continental margins / A.J.W. Gleadow

Rb-Sr chronology of the Khetri copper belt, Rajasthan. India / K. Gopalan [and others]

Rb-Sr age of godhra and related granites, Gujarat, India / K. Gopalan [and others]

Rb-Sr geochronology of Precambrian rocks of the Ovruch buried mountain range, northwest Ukraine / Igor M. Gorokhov, Elvina S. Varshavskaya, and Eduard P. Kutyavin

Experimental study of hydrogen isotope fractionation in the systems epidote-H₂O, zoisite-H₂O, and AlO(HO)-H₂O / Colin M. Graham and Simon M.F. Sheppard

Application of lead isotopes to exploration : Gossan assessment / Brian L. Gulson

Isotopic studies relative to the Oklo natural fission reactors / Robert Hagemann

A consistent age for the universe / Kem Hainebach, Demosthenes Kazanas, and David N. Schramm

The significance of trace element modeling calculations for the evolution of Sr and Nd isotopes in the mantle / C.J. Hawksworth [and others]

Isotopic studies of speleothems from a cave in southern Missouri, U.S.A. / R.S. Harmon, H.P. Schwarcz, and T. Aley

Thermal models and cooling histories from fission-track, K-Ar, Rb-Sr, and U-Pb mineral dates, northern coast plutonic complex, British Columbia / T. Mark Harrison, Richard Lee Armstrong, and Garry K.C. Clarke

Sulphur isotope fractionation during SO₃ reduction by Clostridium pasteurianum : the effects of selenite and selenate additions / G.I. Harrison [and others]

The argon isotopic composition of the oceanic crust and a model for formation of the sialic crust-atmosphere from the upper mantle / Roger Hart and Jack Dymond

Oceanic crust : age of alteration / S.R. Hart, H. Staudigel, and K. Muehlenbachs

Petrogenetic implications of Sr-isotope and trace-element data in alkaline lavas from Cape Verde Islands and Canary Islands / J. Hertogen [and others]

Identity of natural and polluted dusts in snowpacks at widely distributed sites / Todd K. Hinkley

Oxygen-isotope compositions in Archaean rocks from Western Australia, with special reference to komatiites / J. Hoefs and R.A. Binns

Trace element and Sr isotope abundances in recent lavas from Kilauea, Hawaii / Albrecht W. Hofmann, Thomas L. Wright, and Mark Feigenson

²²⁶Radium chronology of Gulf of Mexico slope sediments / Charles W. Holmes and E. Ann Martin

¹⁸O/¹⁶O and D/H ratios of the Cretaceous granitic rocks of the Chugoku belt, southwest Japan / Hiroji Honma

Ages of natural glasses by the fission-track and K-Ar methods / G.A. Izett, C.W. Naeser, and J.D. Obradovich

Interpretation of Nd, Sr and Pb isotope data from Archean migmatites in Vesteralen, N. Norway / S.B. Jacobsen and G.J. Wasserburg

Nd and Sr isotopic study of the Permian Oslo Rift / S.B. Jacobsen and G.J. Wasserburg

Compositional heterogeneity in the Archean mantle

evidence from Finnish greenstone belts / Bor-ming Jahn

Origin of high ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios in central Andean calc-alkaline lavas / David E. James

¹⁸O/¹⁶O and D/H ratios in high temperature peridotites / M. Javoy

Stable isotope ratios in DSDP Leg 51 basalts / M. Javoy and A.M. Fouillac

Isotope geochemistry of deep seated carbon / M. Javoy and F. Pineau

The Clayton plot / J. Jordan and T. Kirsten

⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar ages of the Deccan Traps, India / Ichiro Kaneoka

⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar ages of some Yamato meteorites from Antarctica / Ichiro Kaneoka, Minoru Ozima, and Masahisa Yanagisawa

Rare gas state in the lithosphere estimated from mantle-derived rocks and minerals / Ichiro Kaneoka, Nobuo Takaoka, and Ken-Ichiro Aoki

Iodine-xenon chronology of enstatite meteorites / B.M. Kennedy and F.A. Podosek

Isotopic fractionation on the lunar surface / John F. Kerridge

Plutonium and uranium distribution patterns in phosphates from ten ordinary chondrites / T. Kirsten [and others]

Intracrystalline site preference of hydrogen isotopes in the water of crystallization of copper sulfate pentahydrate / Itsuro Kita and Sadao Matsuo

D/H isotope exchange reaction between petroleum and water : a contributory determinant for D/H-isotope ratios in crude oils? / M. Koepp

Lead isotope studies of stratiform ore deposits of Namaqualand, northwest Cape Province, South Africa, and their implications on the age of the Bushmanland Supergroup / Viktor Koeppel

The significance of monazite U-Pb ages : example from the Lepontine area of the Swiss Alps / Viktor Koeppel and Marc Grünenfelder

Participation of fresh water in chert diagenesis : evidence for oxygen isotopes and boron

[alpha] track mapping / V. Kolodny

Use of strontium isotopes to study mixing of sediment derived from different sources : the Ross Sea, Antarctica / Jack Kovach and G. Faure

Vapour transfer for the dissolution of zircons in a multi-sample capsule, at high pressure / T.E. Krogh

Experimental oxygen isotope fractionation between kaolinite and water / Jean B. Kulla and T.F. Anderson.

Strontium isotopes and rare earth elements of the volcanic rocks from the Japanese island arcs / Hajime Kurasawa

Oxygen isotope relations among oceanic tholeiites, alkali basalts, and ultramafic nodules / T. Kurtis Kyser and James R. O'Neil

Sr and Pb isotopic data bearing on the origin of calcalkaline lavas of Pliocene and Quaternary age from Peru and New Hebrides active margins / J.R. Lancelot [and others]

The use of ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar data in evaluation of disturbed K-Ar systems / Marvin A. Lanphere and G. Brent Dalrymple

Rb/Sr isotopic studies of Precambrian supracrustal rocks at the southern margin of the Archean craton of south-west Greenland / Ole Larsen

On the apparent conflict between the time scales inferred from the cosmochronometers ¹²⁹I, ¹⁴⁴Pu, and ²⁶Al / Typhoon Lee [and others]

Carbon-13 as climate indicator : factors controlling stable carbon isotope ratios in tree rings / Juan Carlos Lerman and Austin Long

Precambrian geochronology of Argentina / Enrique Linares and Juan C. Turner

Oxygen-18 in tree rings : paleothermometers or paleohygrometers? / Austin Long, Juan Carlos Lerman, and André Ferhi

The oxygen isotope geochemistry of Archean rocks from the Superior province / Frederick J. Longstaffe, Henry P. Schwarcz, and Robert H. McNutt

Radiogenic ²⁶Mg fine-scale distribution in Ca-Al inclusions of the Allende and Leoville meteorites / Jean-Claude Lorin and Mireille Christophe Michel-Lévy

REE geochemistry of upper mantle representative bodies

the lherzolite-type alpine peridotite massifs

consecutive model of evolution of the earth's upper mantle / M. Loubet and C.J. Allègre

REE isotopic anomalies in EK 1-4-1 : truth and consequences? / G.W. Lugmair

Ages of Egyptian alkaline complexes and Sr and O isotope relations at the Abu Khruq complex / T.M. Lutz [and others]

Uranium exchange in altering oceanic basalts : isotopic evidence / J.D. MacDougall, R. Finkel, and J. Carlson

Fractionated magnesium isotopes in Murchison refractory inclusions / J.D. MacDougall and D. Phinney

Significance of carbonatite and kimberlite : age determinations / Robert M. MacIntyre

Lead-lead systematics, the age and chemical evolution of the earth in a new representation space / G. Manhes [and others]

Geothermal activity indicated by oxygen and hydrogen isotopes of rocks from a Paleogene cauldron, southwest Japan / Yukihiro Matsuhisa, Teruki Imaoka, and Nobuhide Murakami

Mantle water based on the hydrogen isotopic ratios of hydrous silicates in the mantle / Sadao Matsuo [and others]

Isotope dendroclimatology : natural stable carbon isotope analysis of tree rings from an archaeological site / Terry Mazany

More mysteries from Pandora's box / M. McCulloch, G.J. Wasserburg, and D.A. Papanastassiou

Chemical isotope fractionation in interstellar cloud condensates

some model experiments / J.L. McCrumb [and others]

Revision of the geomagnetic polarity time scale for the last 5 m.y. / Ian McDougall

Age and strontium isotope chemistry of the Sierra Madre occidental volcanic province, western Mexico / F.W. McDowell [and others]

Strontium isotope geochemistry of hydrous lithosphere in suboceanic and subcontinental regions / M. Menzies and V.R. Murthy

A high sensitivity thermal ionization mass spectrometer incorporating double collection and automation / T.O. Merren [and others]

Fission track ages on apatite, sphene and zircon of Bergell rocks from central Alps and of Bergell boulders in Oligocene sediments / Donald S. Miller, Günther A. Wagner, and Emilie Jäger

Isotopic evidence for the age and origin of the Qorqut granite of 1ate Archean age, Godthaab area, West Greenland / Stephen Moorbath and Paul N. Taylor

Isotopic fractionation phenomena and high precision neodymium analyses / Larry J. Moore

A practical method of estimating standard error of age in the fission-track dating method / C.W. Naeser, Noye M. Johnson, and Victor E. McGee

The young magmatic event in the Nakhla achondrite parent body / N. Nakamura, D.M. Unruh, and M. Tatsumoto

On the value of the decay constant for spontaneous fission of uranium-238 / Susumu Nishimura

Isotopic composition of meteoritic chromium / O. Nitoh. M. Kamata, and M. Honda

Petrologic and isotopic constraints on the origin of Bhola chondrite / A.F. Noonan [and others]

Evolution of a single greenstone belt over 220 million years

a zircon study of the Uchi Lake area, northwestern Ontario / P.D. Nunes and P.C. Thurston

Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd chronology of the Shergotty achondrite / L.E. Nyquist [and others]

Comparison between radiometric ages of glauconites and of high-temperature minerals and rocks and their implications for the numeric time scale / G.S. Odin and J.C. Hunziker

Effects of pressure and thermal disturbances on ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar systematics / M. Ozima, I. Kaneoka, and M. Yanagisawa

Response of U-Pb zircon and Rb-Sr total rock and mineral systems to low-grade regional metamorphism in Proterozoic igneous rocks, Mount Isa, Australia / Rodney W. Page

Chronology of successive intrusions in the eastern part of the South Rogaland igneous complex, southern Norway / P. Pasteels, D. Demaiffe, and J. Michot

Anthropogenic perturbations of the natural biogeochemistry of lead / C.C. Patterson

Tritium in the waters of Yellowstone National Park / F.J. Pearson Jr. and A.H. Truesdell

Rb/Sr-dating of the plutonic and tectonic evolution of the Sveconorwegian Province, southern Norway / S. Pedersen [and others]

Gneiss of early Archean age in northern Michigan, U.S.A. / Zell E. Peterman, Robert E. Zartman, and P.K. Sims

Big Stubby and the early history of the earth / R.T. Pidgeon

Inherited zircon U-Pb systems as indicators of granite source rocks in the British Caledonides / R.T. Pidgeon and M. Aftalion

U/Pb evidences of bimodal magmatism of early Paleozoic age in the Massif Central (France) : the leptyno-amphibolitic group / C. Pin and J.R. Lancelot

Sr-Nd isotope systematics in orogenic lherzolites / M. Polve, P. Richard, and C.J. Allègre

On the fission-track plateau ages of minerals / G. Poupeau, Ph. Romary, and P. Toulhoat

How old are the supposedly Archean charnockitic granulites in the Guiana Shield basement of western Suriname (South America)? / H.N.A. Priem [and others]

⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar and Rb-Sr age determinations on Quaternary volcanic rocks from the Roman volcanic province / F. Radicati di Brozolo, J.C. Huneke, and G.J. Wasserburg

Selenium isotope fractionation during bacterial selenite reduction / K. Rashid. H.R. Krouse, and R.G.L. McCready

Hydrogen and carbon isotopes in coals and kerogens / C. Redding

Nd and Sr systematics in ophiolites / P. Richard, D. Rousseau, and C.J. Allègre.

The length of the Devonian period / John R. Richards

Granitoid ages in a Palaeozoic back-arc basin / J.R. Richards and O.P. Singleton

Application of geochronologic dating techniques in fault investigations for nuclear power plants / Gary A. Robbins and Richard W. Turnbull

Sulphate-water and -H₂S isotopic thermometry in the New Zealand geothermal systems / Brian W. Robinson

⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar data on the distribution of argon in biotites with excess argon / J.C. Roddick

Uranium-trend dating of alluvial deposits / John N. Rosholt

Fission-track dating of Lower Paleozoic volcanic ashes in British stratotypes / R.J. Ross Jr. [and others]

Oxygen isotopic and chemical equilibrium between mineral assemblages and the fluid phase of metamorphism / Douglas Rumble III and Thomas C. Hoering

Rare gases in mantle-derived amphiboles / K. Saito, E.C. Alexander Jr., and A.R. Basu

Experimental determinations of the D/H fractionation factors between serpentine and water at 100° to 500°C under 2000 bars water pressure : some implication to the D/H ratios of natural serpentinites / Hitoshi Sakai and Makoto Tsutsumi

[delta]³⁴S and concentration of sulfide and sulfate sulfurs in some ocean-floor basalts and serpentinites / Hitoshi Sakai, Akira Ueda, and Cyrus W. Field

Preliminary report on initial lead and strontium isotopes from ophiolitic and batholithic rocks, southwestern foothills, Sierra Nevada, California / Jason Saleeby and James H. Chen

Preliminary report on the behavior of U-Pb zircon and K-Ar systems in polymetamorphosed ophilitic rocks and batholithic rocks, southwestern Sierra Nevada foothills, California / Jason Saleeby and Warren Sharp

Two major evolutionary systems for stratiform ore leads as exemplified by Japanese samples / Kazuo Sato and Akira Sasaki

Rock deformation and zircon-sphene U-Pb dating / Urs Schaerer

The hydrogen isotopic composition of methane in natural gases / M. Schoell

Hydrogen isotopic composition of selected crude oils and their fractions / M. Schoell and C. Redding

On the genesis of feldspar megacrysts in granites : an Rb-Sr isotopic study / Christoph Schuler and Rudolf H. Steiger

Gas-rich meteorites as potential sensors for parent-body regolith dynamics / Ludolf Schultz and Peter Signer

Fission-track, K-Ar and Pb-U mineral ages from Danta Mica Mine pegmatite (Bhunas), central Rajasthan, India

a comparison / Kewal K. Sharma and K.K. Nagpaul

Ages and initial ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁷Sr ratios of Mesozoic to Tertiary plutonic rocks in Japan / Ken Shibata and Shunso Ishihara

Sulfur isotope variations in coals from the Illinois Basin / Yuch-Ning Shieh and Frederick T. Price

Potassium and calcium isotopic composition in magnetic spherules from deep sea sediments / Tadashi Shimamura [and others]

Rb-Sr and oxygen isotope study of the Meruoca and Mocambo granites, northeastern Brazil / Alcides N. Sial and Leon E. Long

Noble gases in plutonic igneous rocks / Stephen P. Smith

On the problem of heterogeneity of the primary matter of the earth / E.V. Sobotovich

Use of the petrogeochemical and lead-isotopic data for the correlation and division of Precambrian events / E.V. Sobotovich and V.A. Rudnik

Oxygen and carbon isotope internal thermometry using benthic calcite and aragonite foraminifera pairs / Michael A. Sommer II and Danny M. Rye

A computer-controlled, five-collector mass spectrometer for precision measurement of argon isotope ratios / J.S. Stacey [and others]

Are Rb-Sr biotite ages in the central Alps necessarily cooling ages? / Rudolf H. Steiger and Irene Bucher

Natural radiocarbon, solar activity, and climate / Hans E. Suess

Dating caliches from southern Nevada by ²³⁰Th/²³²Th versus ²³⁴U/²³²Th and ²³⁴U/ ²³²Th versus ²³⁸U/²³²Th isochron-plot method / Barney J. Szabo and Horst Sterr

Rare gas elemental abundances and isotopic compositions in diamonds / N. Takaoka and M. Ozima

Lead isotopic composition of the volcanic sequence in the Crescent Formation from Washington / Mitsunobu Tatsumoto, Daniel M. Unruh, and Wallace R. Cady

Stable isotope studies of granitic pegmatites / B.E. Taylor and H. Friedrichsen

Oxygen isotope relationships in plutonic igneous rocks of the Peninsular Ranges batholith, southern and Baja California / Hugh P. Taylor and Leon T. Silver

Pb and Sr isotopic regimes within the 3000-2800 m.y.-old gneisses of West Greenland : their regional and petrogenetic significance / Paul N. Taylor and Stephen Moorbath

Anomalous ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar release spectra for biotites from the Berridale batholith, New South Wales, Australia / Neil Tetley and Ian McDougall

K-Ar investigations on two Turkish ophiolites / Robert Thuizat [and others]

Geochemical investigations of Andean hydrothermal ore deposits and associated igneous rocks / G.R. Tilton, A.H. Clark. and S.E. Church

Isotopic anomalies and old cosmochronometers / B.M.P. Trivedi

Sulfate chemical and isotopic patterns in thermal waters of Yellowstone Park, Wyoming / A.H. Truesdell [and others]

Some examples of dating metamorphic rocks by the Pb-U method / A.I. Tugarinov and E.V. Bibikova

Pb-Pb and Rb-Sr sytematics of the Archean greenstone belt of Suomussalmi (eastern Finland) / Philippe Vidal and George R. Tilton

Cooling history of rocks in the Ries Crater revealed in fission-track analysis / Günther A. Wagner and Donald S. Miller

A comparison of chemical and thermal methods for incremental release of argon / J.M. Wampler

Amino-acid racemization dating of Quaternary mollusks, Pacific Coast, United States / J.F. Wehmiller [and others]

Radiometric age determination on samples of Key Lake uranium deposit / I. Wendt [and others]

Isotope and LIL element geochemistry of the Galapagos Islands / W.M. White, A.W. Hofmann, and Craig S. Bow

Origin of the Ninetyeast Ridge

Sr isotope and trace-element evidence / D.J. Whitford and R.A. Duncan

Circulation in a fossil geothermal area [delta]¹⁸O study / Alan E. Williams

U-Pb evidence for the pre-emplacement history of granitic magmas, Berridale batholith, southeastern Australia / Ian S. Williams

Isotope fractionation by marine diatoms and paleoclimatological implications / William W.L. Wong and William M. Sackett

Major and trace element disequilibrium during partial melting / B.J. Wood and R.F. Heming

A multi-stage evolution model interpretation of the mantle by lead and strontium isotopic composition in basaltic rocks / Masaru Yamaguchi

The main epochs of Mesozoic plutonism in the circum-Pacific area / I.A. Zagruzina and L.V. Yakovleva

A new approach to the study of fission track fading / Robert Allen Zimmerman and Alan M. Gaines

Nd and Sr isotope data from komatiitic and tholeiitic rocks of Nunrom Township, Ontario / Alan Zindler [and others].

Notes:

Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from title page (USGS, viewed January 5, 2023).

"Conference held August 20-25, 1978."

In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: International Conference on Geochronology, Cosmochronology, and Isotope Geology (4th : 1978 : Snowmass-at-Aspen, Colorado). Short papers of the Fourth International Conference, Geochronology, Cosmochronology, Isotope Geology, 1978.

OCLC:

654244272