A biostratigraphically well-constrained K-bentonite U-Pb zircon age of the lowermost Darriwilian stage (Middle Ordovician) from the Argentine Precordillera

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Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-32

  Huff, Warren D ^a   Davis, D ^a   Bergstrom S M ^a   Krekeler, M P S ^a   Kolata, D R ^a   Cingolani, C ^a  

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EID: 0031286279     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/1997/v20i1/006     Document Type: Article

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