%0 Journal Article
%T Slope Year for the U-Pb Dating Method and Its Applications
%A Jie Yuan
%J Open Journal of Geology
%P 351-366
%@ 2161-7589
%D 2015
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojg.2015.55032
%X The slope year tslope for the U-Pb dating method is
given as
, where ¦Ë238 and ¦Ë235 are the decay constants for 238U and 235U, respectively, and k is the slope of the tangent line at a
point on either the Concordia or Discordia line. These two lines are determined
by the
%K Slope Year
%K U-Pb Dating
%K Zircon
%K Mass Spectrum
%K Isotope
%K Initial Pb Isotope Concentration
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=56667