High-precision 40Ar/39Ar age for the Jehol Biota

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 280, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 94-104

  Chang, Su chin ^a   Zhang, Haichun ^b   Renne, Paul R ^c,d   Fang, Yan ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^c BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar geochronology; Cretaceous; Jehol Biota; Jiufotang Formation; Tuchengzi Formation; Yixian Formation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ARGON ISOTOPE; BIRD; CRETACEOUS; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MESOZOIC;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HEBEI; LIAONING; NEI MONGGOL;

AVES; DINOSAURIA; EUTHERIA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 68549095959     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.06.021     Document Type: Article

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