A U-Pb age for the Cambrian Taylor Formation, Antarctica: Implications for the Cambrian time scale

Journal of Geology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 497-504

  Encarnación, John ^a   Rowell, Albert J ^a,b   Grunow, Anne M ^a,c  

^a Saint Louis University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CARBONATE ROCK; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ANTARCTICA;

TRILOBITA;

EID: 0033372873     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314361     Document Type: Article

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