40Ar/39 Ar dating of Lujiatun Bed (Jehol Group) in Liaoning, northeastern China

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  He, H Y ^a   Wang, X L ^b   Zhou, Z H ^b   Jin, F ^b   Wang, F ^a   Yang, L K ^a   Ding, X ^c   Boven, A ^d   Zhu, R X ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; FELDSPAR DEPOSITS; GEOLOGY; RADIATION; SEDIMENTS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

FOSSIL BEARING TUFF; HEATING ANALYSES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FOSSILS; WEIGHTED MEAN AGE;

GEOPHYSICS;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; MASS EXTINCTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIAONING;

DINOSAURIA;

EID: 33645639045     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025274     Document Type: Article

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