40Ar-39Ar geochronology of silicic and basic volcanic rocks on the margins of the North Atlantic

Geological Magazine

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 161-170

  Sinton, C W ^a,b   Hitchen, K ^c   Duncan, R A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALFRED UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000714488     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756898008401     Document Type: Article

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