U-Pb zircon date from Avalonian Cape Breton Island and geochronologic calibration of the early Ordovician

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 724-730

  Landing, Ed ^a   Bowring, Samuel A ^b   Fortey, Richard A ^c   Davidek, Kathleen L ^b  

^a New York State Geological Survey   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; ORDOVICIAN; TREMADOCIAN; TREMADOCIAN/ARENIGIAN BOUNDARY; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA, CAPE BRETON ISLAND, MCLEOD BROOK;

EID: 0030663676     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e17-059     Document Type: Article

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