U-Pb dating of calcite concretions from Cambrian black shales and the phanerozoic time scale

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 141, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 153-159

  Israelson, Carsten ^a   Halliday, Alex N ^b   Buchardt, Bjørn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Absolute age; Alum shale formation; Calcite; Concretions; Time scales; U Pb; Upper cambrian

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; CALCITE; CALIBRATION; CAMBRIAN; CONCRETION; PHANEROZOIC; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

EID: 0030467211     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00071-4     Document Type: Article

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