Geochemical correlation and 40Ar/39Ar dating of the Kern River ash bed and related tephra layers: Implications for the stratigraphy of petroleum-bearing formations in the San Joaquin Valley, California

Quaternary International

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 246-260

  Baron, Dirk ^a   Negrini, Robert M ^a   Golob, Elizabeth M ^a   Miller, Don ^b   Sarna Wojcicki, Andrei ^c   Fleck, Robert J ^c   Hacker, Bradley ^d   Erendi, Alex ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bankers Petroleum   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; TEPHRA; TRACE ELEMENT; TUFF; VOLCANIC ASH;

BISHOP; CALIFORNIA; KERN RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40749153034     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.03.011     Document Type: Article

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