New U-Pb zircon ages and the duration and division of Devonian time

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 158, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 175-186

  Tucker, R D ^a   Bradley, D C ^b   Ver Straeten, C A ^c   Harris, A G ^b   Ebert, J R ^d   McCutcheon, S R ^e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY;

EID: 0032580648     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00050-8     Document Type: Article

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