Multiple Ir anomalies in uppermost Triassic to Jurassic-age strata of the Blomidon Formation, Fundy basin, eastern Canada

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 274, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 103-111

  Tanner, Lawrence H ^a   Kyte, Frank T ^b   Walker, Ann E ^a  

^a LE MOYNE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CAMP; iridium; Jurassic; trace elements; Triassic

Indexed keywords

CAMP; JURASSIC; TRACE ELEMENTS; TRIASSIC;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FISSION REACTIONS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

IRIDIUM;

DEPOSITION; IRIDIUM; JURASSIC; MOBILIZATION; SOURCE ROCK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENT; TRIASSIC; VOLCANIC ROCK;

CANADA; MINAS BASIN; NEWARK BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51249102595     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.07.013     Document Type: Article

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