40Ar/39Ar and K-Ar geochronology of Berriasian-Hauterivian and Cenomanian tectonomagmatic events in northern Israel: implications for regional stratigraphy

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 810-828

  Segev, Amit ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar geochronology; Cretaceous magmatism; Israel; Levant; Mantle plume; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN PLATE; ARGON-ARGON DATING; BERRIASIAN; CENOMANIAN; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEODYNAMICS; HAUTERIVIAN; LAVA FLOW; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING;

ASIA; EURASIA; HAIFA [ISRAEL]; ISRAEL; LEBANON; LEVANT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST; MOUNT CARMEL;

EID: 64149113298     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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