New magnetostratigraphic and 40Ar/ 39Ar dating results from the Suva Marl, Fiji: Calibration of the early pliocene geomagnetic polarity time scale

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 151, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 107-115

  Clement, Bradford M ^a   Swisher, Carl C ^b   Rodda, Peter ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^c Mineral Resources Department   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Absolute age; Ar 40 Ar 39; Fiji; Magnetostratigraphy; Paleomagnetism; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE AGE; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLIOCENE;

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EID: 0031397468     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00111-8     Document Type: Article

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