Integrated chronostratigraphic calibration of the Oligocene-Miocene boundary at 24.0 ± 0.1 Ma from the CRP-2A drill core, Ross Sea, Antarctica

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1043-1046

  Wilson, Gary S ^a   Lavelle, Mark ^b   Mclntosh, William C ^c   Roberts, Andrew P ^d   Hardwood, David M ^e   Watkins, David K ^e   Villa, Giuliana ^f   Bohaty, Steven M ^g   Fielding, Chris R ^h   Florindo, Fabio ⁱ   Sagnotti, Leonardo ⁱ   Naish, Timothy R ^j   Scherer, Reed P ^k   Verosub, Kenneth L ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

ⁱ ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^j GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^k NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Antarctica; Biostratigraphy; Cape Roberts Project; Chronostratigraphy; Isotope dating

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMAGNETISM; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CALIBRATION; MAGNETIC POLARITY;

BOUNDARY INTERVALS;

STRATIGRAPHY; CORE DRILLING;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; CALIBRATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; PHENOCRYST; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

ROSS SEA; ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ANTARCTICA; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; ECCENTRICITY CYCLE; GEOMAGNETIC POLARITY TIME SCALE; ISOTOPE DATING; ROBERTS; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

EID: 0036864567     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<1043:ICCOTO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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