New 40Ar/39Ar dates for Cretaceous Chauna Group tephra, north-eastern Russia, and their implications for the geologic history and floral evolution of the North Pacific region

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 97-106

  Kelley, S P ^a   Spicer, R A ^a   Herman, A B ^a,b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Alaska; Arctic; Chauna Group; Cretaceous floras; North eastern Russia; Palaeoclimatology; Phytostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CRETACEOUS; FLORA; TEPHRA;

(NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALBIA; CONIACIAN; CONIFEROPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0033083136     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cres.1998.0140     Document Type: Article

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