A U-PB age from the Toarcian (Lower Jurassic) and its use for time scale calibration through error analysis of biochronologic dating

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 146, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 659-675

  Pálfy, József ^a   Parrish, Randall R ^b,c,d   Smith, Paul L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absolute age; Ammonites; Biochronology; Calibration; Toarcian; U Pb

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; JURASSIC; TOARCIAN; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

EID: 0030860327     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(96)00241-5     Document Type: Article

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