Calibrating the Devonian Time Scale: A synthesis of U-Pb ID-TIMS ages and conodont stratigraphy

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 175-190

  Kaufmann, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

absolute age; biostratigraphy; conodont zonations; Devonian; time scales; U Pb

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONODONT; DEVONIAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

EID: 33744801953     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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