Potassium argon dating / 
compiled by O.A. Schaeffer and J. Zahringer. 
 - Berlin :  Springer-Verlag,  1966. 
 - xi, 234 pages :  illustrations (portraits) ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Published on the occasion of the sixtieth birthday of Wolfgang Gentner. 
<br/><br/>Preface, by O.A. Schaeffer and J. Zahringer.--History of the K-Ar method of geochronology, by F.G. Houtermans.--Determination of radiogenic argon, by T. Kirsten.--Potassium analysis, by O. Muller.--The diffussion of argon in potassium-bearing solids, by H. Fechtig and S. Kalbitzer.--K-Ar dating of precambrian rocks, by G.W. Wetherill.--K-Ar dating of plutonic and volcanic rocks in orogenic belts, by R.L. Armstrong.--K-Ar dating of sediments, by P.M. Hurley.--The problem of contamination in obtaining accurate dates of young geologic rocks, by G.H. Curtis.--Tektites, by O.A. Schaeffer.--K-Ar ages of meteorites, by D. Krankowsky and J. Zahringer.--Literature (p. 200-230) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Potassium--argon dating.