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Recent Papers

• Systematic analysis of K-feldspar ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar step heating results II: Relevance of laboratory argon diffusion properties to nature, Oscar M. Lovera, Marty Grove T. and Mark Harrison, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 66, 1237-1255, 2002.
• A method for evaluating basement exhumation histories from closure age distributions of detrital minerals, Oscar M. Lovera, Marty Grove, David L Kimbrough and Patrick L. Abbott, 1999, JGR, 104, 29419-438.
• Age and stratigraphic relationships of pre- and syn-rift volcanic deposits in the northern Puertecitos Volcanic Province, Baja California, Mexico, Nagy, E.A., M. Grove, and J.M. Stock Accepted for Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research,, 1998.
• A unified model for the origin of Himalayan anatexis and inverted metamorphism, Main Central Thrust, Nepal Himalaya, T. Mark Harrison, Marty Grove, Oscar M. Lovera, and E.J. Catlos, Submitted to JGR, Nov. 11, 1997.
• Systematic analysis of K-feldspar ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar step heating results: I. Significance of activation energy determination, Oscar M. Lovera, Marty Grove, T. Mark Harrison and Keith I. Mahon, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 61, 3171-3192, 1997.
• The Thermal and Cementation Histories of a Sandstone Petroleum Reservoir, Elk Hills, California Part 1: Thermal History Results, Keith I. Mahon , T. Mark Harrison and Marty Grove
• GSA Slip-History of the Vincent Thrust: Role of Denudation During Shallow Subduction, Marty Grove and Oscar M. Lovera, AGU Geophysical Monograph 96: Subduction from Top to Bottom, pp. 163-170, 1996.
• The Thermal Evolution and Slip History of the Renbu Zedong Thrust, Southeastern Tibet, X. Quidelleur,M. Grove, O.M. Lovera, T.M. Harrison, A. Yin, and F.J. Ryerson, JGR,, 102, 2659-2679, 1997.
• Age and stratigraphic relationships of pre- and syn-rift volcanic deposits n the northern Puertecitos Volcanic Province, Baja California, Mexico, Elizabeth A. Nagy, Marty Grove and Joann M. Stock, J. of Volcanology and Geothermal Res., 93, 1-30, 1999.

Database

• Systematic analysis of K-feldspar ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar Step Heating Results II: Tables and Figures
• Abstracts, Papers and Presentations
• Figures
• Tables of K-feldspar Data Base
• Fortran Programs

Other Sites of Interest:

• - University of Californa at Los Angeles

- Earth and Space Sciences

- Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics

• W.M. Keck Foundation Center for Isotope Geochemistry
• Geodynamics Home Page



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