Helium Isotope Dating of Pore Water in the St. Clair Basin
| dc.contributor.advisor | Clarke, W. B. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hatch, David | |
| dc.contributor.department | Geology | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-05T15:17:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-05-05T15:17:03Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1984-04 | |
| dc.description.abstract | <p> An age of approximately 55K years was found for the St. Clair basin clays using helium isotope dating. This is about 5 times larger than the date obtained from the more accepted carbon-14 method and from other geological evidence. Diffusion of helium from crustal rocks against a flow of approximately 0.03-0.05 cm a· ' is the primary reason for this discrepancy. Mixing of the groundwater with a meteoric component has an opposite effect tending to lower the helium age. </p> | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | Bachelor of Science (BSc) | en_US |
| dc.description.degreetype | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/19225 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | helium | en_US |
| dc.subject | isotope dating | en_US |
| dc.subject | pore water | en_US |
| dc.subject | St. Clair Basin | en_US |
| dc.title | Helium Isotope Dating of Pore Water in the St. Clair Basin | en_US |