Isotopic age of the Black Forest Bed, Petrified Forest Member, Chinle Formation, Arizona: An example of dating a continental sandstone

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1315-1323

  Riggs, N R ^a   Ash, S R ^b   Barth, A P ^c   Gehrels, G E ^d   Wooden, J L ^e  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinle Formation; Isotopic dating; SHRIMP; Single crystal TIMS; Triassic

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC AGES;

DEPOSITION; FORESTRY; SAMPLING; SANDSTONE; SINGLE CRYSTALS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VOLCANOES; ZIRCON;

GEOLOGY;

DATING METHOD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SANDSTONE; TRIASSIC; VOLCANIC ASH; ZIRCON;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346749370     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25254.1     Document Type: Article

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