High-precision U-Pb zircon age constraints on the Carboniferous-Permian boundary in the southern Urals stratotype

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 256, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 244-257

  Ramezani, Jahandar ^a   Schmitz, Mark D ^b   Davydov, Vladimir I ^b   Bowring, Samuel A ^a   Snyder, Walter S ^b   Northrup, Clyde J ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

boundary; Carboniferous; Permian; U Pb; Ural Mountains; Zircon

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE; GLACIATION; MULTI-TAXA BIOSTRATIGRAPHY;

LEAD; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; URANIUM; ZIRCON;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONIFEROUS; FOREARC BASIN; GONDWANA; PERMIAN; STRATOTYPE; TUFF; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANIC ASH; ZIRCON;

EURASIA; URALS;

EID: 33847657141     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.01.032     Document Type: Article

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