3-D, 40Ar-39Ar geochronology in the Paraná continental flood basalt province

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 143, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 95-109

  Stewart, Kathy ^a   Turner, Simon ^a   Kelley, Simon ^a   Hawkesworth, Chris ^a   Kirstein, Linda ^a   Mantovani, Marta ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Absolute age; Ar 40 Ar 39; Eruptions; Etendeka; Flood basalts; Parana, Brazil

Indexed keywords

ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; FLOOD BASALT; MESOZOIC; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

BRAZIL, PARANA;

EID: 0030437583     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00132-x     Document Type: Article

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