40Ar-39Ar laser dating of tektites from the Cheb Basin (Czech Republic): Evidence for coevality with moldavites and influence of the dating standard on the age of the Ries impact

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 493-513

  Di Vincenzo, Gianfranco ^a   Skála, Roman ^b,c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARGON ISOTOPE; CRATER; DATING METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MOLDAVITE; SUEVITE; TYPE LOCALITY;

BOHEMIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CHEB BASIN; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; KARLOVARSKY; MORAVIA;

EID: 57749168617     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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