(Isotope tracer studies of diffusion in silicates and of geological transport processes using actinide elements)

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5927018· OSTI ID:5927018

Wasserburg, G J

This report consists of sections entitled resonance ionization mass spectrometry of Os, Mg self-diffusion in spinel and silicate melts, neotectonics: U-Th ages of solitary corals from the California coast, uranium-series evidence on diagenesis and hydrology of carbonates of Barbados, diffusion of H{sub 2}O molecules in silicate glasses, and development of an extremely high abundance sensitivity mass spectrometer.

• Research Organization: California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG03-88ER13851
• OSTI ID: 5927018
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/13851-T1; ON: DE92008131
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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