Geol.815 GEOCHRONOLOGY (3 C.H)
Radioactive decay, mass spectrometry, isochrons and errors, geochronological characteristics and techniques of Rb-Sr dating, K-Ar dating, 40Ar/39Ar and U, Th - Pb dating, Sm-Nd dating, fission track dating, U-He and C-14 dating.
Books recommended:- Radiogenic isotope geology by Dickin, A.P., 1995. Cambridge Press.
- Principles of isotope geology by Faure, G., 1986. 2nd edition, Wiley Pub.
- Radiometric dating for geologists by Hamilton, E.I. and Farquhar, R.M. (Eds.), 1968. Interscience Pub.