%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