New 40Ar/39Ar age of the Bishop Tuff from multiple sites and sediment rate calibration for the Matuyama-Brunhes boundary

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B9, 2000, Pages 21431-21443

  Sarna Wojcicki, Andrei M ^a   Pringle, Malcolm S ^b   Wijbrans, Jan ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BRUNHES CHRON; MATUYAMA CHRON; VOLCANIC ROCK;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1142287589     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900901     Document Type: Article

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