Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 1978
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978gecoa..42.1877m&link_type=abstract
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 42, Issue 12, pp.1877-1883
Physics
Scientific paper
3-Dimensional correlation diagrams have advantages over 2-dimensional ones (`isochrons') for interpreting the results of K---Ar measurements on suites of coeval samples, since they display all the data without making a priori assumptions. This is a particular advantage for distinguishing between `initial' argon of constant isotopic composition and `excess' argon of constant concentration, because at present their detection has relied upon separate diagrams constructed upon mutually exclusive assumptions. The method also permits the relationships between the various models in use to be more easily grasped but--like all such plots--can only show that a given physical model is consistent with the data, not that it is the only consistent one.
McCormack A. G.
Mussett A. E.
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