Wetherill diagram

English

A Wetherill diagram

Alternative forms

• Template:L

Etymology

Named after American physicist Template:W. From circa 1956.

Noun

1. Template:Lb A type of concordia diagram, used in the context of Template:W, whose axes are the ratios ²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U and ²³⁷Pb/²³⁵Pb.

   Template:Ux

   Template:Ux

   • Template:Quote-book
   • Template:Quote-book
   • 2020, Myint Myat Phyo, et al., U—Pb Dating of Zircon and Zirconolite Inclusions in Marble-Hosted Gem-Quality Ruby and Spinel from Mogok, Myanmar, Frederick Lin Sutherland, Khin Zaw (editors), Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Ruby, MDPI Books, page 115,

     Figure 4. Wetherill diagrams showing wide range of $\mathrm{U}-\mathrm{P}\mathrm{b}$ age of (a) zircon inclusion in gem-quality ruby and spinel, (b) accessory zircon in Bawlongyi marble, (c) zirconolite inclusion in ruby from Mansin and (d) zirconolite intergrown with zircon in Bawlongyi marble.

Translations

• French: Template:T
• German: Template:T
• Italian: Template:T-needed

Further reading

• Template:Pedia
• Template:Pedia