Sedimentary cycles and volcanic ash beds in the Lower Pliocene lacustrine succession of Ptolemais (NW Greece): Discrepancy between 40Ar/39Ar and astronomical ages

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 152, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 283-303

  Steenbrink, J ^a   Van Vugt, N ^a   Hilgen, F J ^a   Wijbrans, J R ^b   Meulenkamp, J E ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating; Cyclostratigraphy; Greece; Lacustrine sediments; Lignite; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PLIOCENE; VOLCANIC ASH;

GREECE;

ZANCLEA;

EID: 0033198552     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00044-9     Document Type: Article

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