High-precision U-Pb zircon age from the Triassic of Italy: Implications for the Triassic time scale and the Carnian origin of calcareous nannoplankton and dinosaurs

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1009-1012

  Furin, Stefano ^a   Preto, Nereo ^b   Rigo, Manuel ^b   Roghi, Guido ^c   Gianolla, Piero ^a   Crowley, James L ^d   Bowring, Samuel A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcareous nannoplankton; Dinosaurs; Geochronology; Geologic time scale; Large igneous provinces; Late Triassic

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL POLARITY TIME SCALE; CALCAREOUS NANOPLANKTON; DINOSAURS; TRIASSIC TIME SCALE;

IGNEOUS ROCKS; MARINE BIOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; ZIRCON;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CARNIAN; DINOSAUR; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL TIME; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; NANOPLANKTON; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

DINOSAURIA;

EID: 33845573733     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22967A.1     Document Type: Article

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