40Ar/39Ar and Pb-Pb study of individual hornblende and feldspar grains from southeastern Baffin Island glacial sediments: Implications for the provenance of the Heinrich layers

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 879-890

  Hemming, S R ^a   Gwiazda, R H ^a,d   Andrews, J T ^b   Broecker, W S ^a   Jennings, A E ^b   Onstott, T C ^c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; FELDSPAR; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; HEINRICH EVENT; HORNBLENDE; LEAD-LEAD DATING; PROVENANCE; QUATERNARY;

CANADA;

EID: 0033849554     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e00-009     Document Type: Article

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