Laser argon dating of melt breccias from the Siljan impact structure, Sweden: Implications for a possible relationship to Late Devonian extinction events

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 591-607

  Reimold, Wolf U ^a   Kelley, Simon P ^b   Sherlock, Sarah C ^b   Henkel, Herbert ^c   Koeberl, Christian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; DEVONIAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MASS EXTINCTION;

DALARNA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SILJAN RING; SWEDEN; WORLD;

EID: 23844462871     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2005.tb00965.x     Document Type: Article

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