Age of Jurassic continental tholeiites of French Guyana, Surinam and Guinea: Implications for the initial opening of the Central Atlantic Ocean

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 150, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 205-220

  Deckart, Katja ^a,c   Féraud, Gilbert ^a   Bertrand, Hervé ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ar 40 Ar 39; Atlantic Ocean; French Guiana; Guinea; Rifting; Surinam; Tholeiite

Indexed keywords

ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; JURASSIC; RIFTING; THOLEIITE;

ATLANTIC; FRENCH GUIANA; GUINEA; SURINAM;

EID: 0031420030     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00102-7     Document Type: Article

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