Matuyama-Brunhes reversal and Kamikatsura event on Maui: Paleomagnetic directions, 40Ar/39Ar ages and implications

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 667-684

  Coe, Robert S ^a   Singer, Brad S ^b   Pringle, Malcolm S ^c   Zhao, Xixi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

40Ar 39 Ar ages; Kamikatsura event; Matuyama Brunhes

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BRUNHES CHRON; LAVA FLOW; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MATUYAMA CHRON; PALEOMAGNETISM; POLAR WANDERING;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUI; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2442636772     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.03.003     Document Type: Article

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