Integrated ammonite biochronology and U-Pb geochronometry from a basal Jurassic section in Alaska

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1537-1549

  Pálfy, József ^a,b   Smith, Paul L ^a   Mortensen, James K ^a   Friedman, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CALIBRATION; GEOLOGY; LEAD ALLOYS; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

CALIBRATION POINTS; CRYSTALLIZATION AGE; INHERITANCE PATTERN; MASS EXTINCTION; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; TECTONIC MODELS; TRIASSIC-JURASSIC; TRIASSIC-JURASSIC BOUNDARY;

URANIUM ALLOYS;

AMMONITE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; JURASSIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ALASKA; PUALE BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041191197     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<1537:IABAUP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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