The 40Ar/39Ar ages of the sill complex of the Karoo large igneous province: Implications for the Pliensbachian-Toarcian climate change

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Jourdan, F ^a,b,c   Feraud G ^d   Bertrand, H ^e   Watkeys, M K ^f   Renne, P R ^a,b  

^a BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar ages; Climate change; Karoo; Large igneous province; Pliensbachian Toarcian; Sill complex

Indexed keywords

EID: 63149103216     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC001994     Document Type: Article

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