Direct dating of carbonate remagnetization by 40Ar/39Ar analysis of the smectite-illite transformation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 274, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 524-530

  Tohver, E ^a   Weil, A B ^b   Solum, J G ^c   Hall, C M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^c SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar geochronology; clay authigenesis; paleomagnetism; remagnetization; smectite illite

Indexed keywords

40AR/39AR GEOCHRONOLOGY; AUTHIGENIC; CARBONATE ROCKS; CLAY AUTHIGENESIS; CLAY MINERALOGY; FOLD-THRUST BELTS; MIXED-LAYER CLAYS; PALEOMAGNETISM; POLYTYPE; REMAGNETIZATION; SMECTITE-ILLITE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION PATTERNS;

CARBONATES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIFFRACTION; HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; SULFATE MINERALS;

CLAY MINERALS;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; AUTHIGENESIS; CARBONATE; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; ILLITE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOZOIC; REMAGNETIZATION; SMECTITE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ASTURIAN BASIN; CANTABRIAN BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 52749091325     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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