Fission-track and single-crystal 40Ar/39Ar laser-fusion ages from volcanic ash layers in fossil-bearing pliocene sediments in Central Mexico

Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 157-160

  Kawallis, Bart J ^a   Swisher III, Carl C ^b   Carranza Gastañeda, Óscar ^c   Miller, Wade E ^a   Tingey, David G ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar single crystal laser fusion ages; Central Mexico; Fission track ages; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006569382     PISSN: 10268774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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