High-precision 40Ar/39Ar spectrum dating on sanidine from the Donets Basin, Ukraine: Evidence for correlation problems in the Upper Carboniferous

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 527-533

  Hess, Jürgen C ^a   Lippolt, Hans J ^a   Burger, Kurt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Lothringenstr 8   (Germany)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar; Correlation; Donets Basin; Sanidine; Upper Carboniferous

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CARBONIFEROUS; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; COAL; SANIDINE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

UKRAINE;

EID: 0033491364     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.156.3.0527     Document Type: Article

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