40Ar/39Ar dating of the Aptian-Albian igneous rocks in Makhtesh Ramon (Negev, Israel) and its stratigraphic implications

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 633-656

  Segev, Amit ^a   Weissbrod, Tuvia ^a   Lang, Barbu ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Albian; Aptian; Israel; Mantle plume; Palaeomagnetism; Stratigraphy; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; APTIAN; ARGON-ARGON DATING; IGNEOUS ROCK; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANISM;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MAKHTESH RAMON; MIDDLE EAST; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT; WORLD;

EID: 27144484432     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2005.03.003     Document Type: Article

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