40Ar/39Ar ages of tephras intercalated in astronomically tuned Neogene sedimentary sequences in the eastern Mediterranean

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 583-597

  Kuiper, K F ^a,b   Hilgen, F J ^a   Steenbrink, J ^c   Wijbrans, J R ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NEDERLANDSE AARDOLIE MAATSCHAPPIJ B V   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

40Ar 39 dating; Astronomical time scale; Cyclostratigraphy; Fish Canyon Tuff; Mediterranean; Neogene; Orbital forcing

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BIOTITE; CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; NEOGENE; ORBITAL FORCING; SANIDINE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; TEPHRA;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 2442678132     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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