Direct radiometric dating of the Devonian-Mississippian time-scale boundary using the Re-Os black shale geochronometer

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 545-548

  Selby, David ^a,b   Creaser, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black shale; Devonian Mississippian boundary; Geochronology; Re Os

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; MASS EXTINCTION EVENTS; TIME-SCALE BOUNDARY; TIME-SCALE RESEARCH;

COLORIMETERS; DEPOSITION; INTERPOLATION; ISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; ROCKS; SHALE;

GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING;

BLACK SHALE; BOUNDARY DELIMITATION; DEVONIAN-CARBONIFEROUS BOUNDARY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

EID: 21944452585     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21324.1     Document Type: Article

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