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Potassium Argon Dating

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  • © 1966

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  1. O. A. Schaeffer

    1. Department of Earth and Space Sciences, State University of New York, Stony Brook, L. I., USA

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  2. J. Zähringer

    1. Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. History of the K/Ar-Method of Geochronology

    • F. G. Houtermans
    Pages 1-6

  3. Determination of Radiogenic Argon

    • T. Kirsten
    Pages 7-39

  4. Potassium Analysis

    • O. Müller
    Pages 40-67

  5. The Diffusion of Argon in Potassium-Bearing Solids

    • H. Fechtig, S. Kalbitzer
    Pages 68-107

  6. K-Ar dating of Precambrian Rocks

    • G. W. Wetherill
    Pages 107-117

  7. K-Ar Dating of Plutonic and Volcanic Rocks in Orogenic Belts

    • Richard Lee Armstrong
    Pages 117-133

  8. K-Ar Dating of Sediments

    • P. M. Hurley
    Pages 134-151

  9. The Problem of Contamination in Obtaining Accurate Dates of Young Geologic Rocks

    • G. H. Curtis
    Pages 151-162

  10. Tektites

    • O. A. Schaeffer
    Pages 162-173

  11. K-Ar Ages of Meteorites

    • D. Krankowsky, J. Zähringer
    Pages 174-200

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 200-234
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Perhaps no dating method has the wide range of applicability as does the potassium argon dating method from either consideration of the ranges of ages which can be dated or the availability of suitable material to date. Minerals as young as tens of thousands of years to minerals billions of years old have been successfully dated. Many minerals retain for times of the order of billions of years the daughter, Ar40, and many minerals contain as a component K40 the parent element, potassium being a common element in the earth's crust. As a result, most rock contains at least one mineral which can be successfully dated by the potassium argon method. Even though this method has been applied for over fifteen years, there is as yet no work which summarizes the experimental techniques and the results available. The sixtieth birthday ofW. GENTNER, one of the pioneers in this field of research, is a suitable time to present such a summary.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Earth and Space Sciences, State University of New York, Stony Brook, L. I., USA

    O. A. Schaeffer

  • Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany

    J. Zähringer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Potassium Argon Dating

  • Authors: O. A. Schaeffer, J. Zähringer

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-87895-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin · Heidelberg 1966

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-87897-8Published: 12 December 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-87895-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 234

  • Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Geology

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