On the ages of flood basalt events

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 335, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 113-140

  Courtillot, Vincent E ^a   Renne, Paul R ^b,c  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlation; Flood basalts; Geochronology; Geological ages; Large igneous provinces (LIP); Mass extinctions; Oceanic anoxia events

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; CRUST; FLOOD BASALT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MASS EXTINCTION; PHANEROZOIC;

EID: 0037220086     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1631-0713(03)00006-3     Document Type: Article

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