Revised chronostratigraphy of the Kenai Group from 40Ar/ 39Ar dating of low-potassium bearing minerals, Cook Inlet Basin, Alaska

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1159-1179

  Dallegge, Todd A ^a,b   Layer, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b ConocoPhillips ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DEFORMATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; HYDROCARBONS; POTASSIUM; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CHRONOHORIZONS; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY;

STRATIGRAPHY;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; TEPHRA; TERTIARY;

ALASKA; COOK INLET; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10944267645     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E04-057     Document Type: Article

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