Age of the Ocmulgee Limestone (Georgia Coastal Plain) based on revised methodology for the K-Ar age of glaucony

Southeastern Geology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-24

  Stephens, Elizabeth C ^a,d   Anderson Jr , John R ^b   Gullet Young, Cheryl ^a   Wampler, J Marion ^c   Elliott, W Crawford ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA PERIMETER COLLEGE   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON ISOTOPE; EOCENE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GLAUCONITE; LIMESTONE; OLIGOCENE; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547749044     PISSN: 00383678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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