An appraisal of the ages of terrestrial impact structures

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 286, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-13

  Jourdan, F ^a   Renne, P R ^b,c   Reimold, W U ^d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar; absolute chronology; age database; crater; impact; isotopic dating; U Pb

Indexed keywords

40AR/39AR; ABSOLUTE CHRONOLOGY; AGE DATABASE; CRATER; IMPACT; ISOTOPIC DATING; U/PB;

STRATIGRAPHY;

ISOTOPES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARGON-ARGON DATING; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; EJECTA; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IMPACT STRUCTURE; PERIODICITY; PRECISION; TIMESCALE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

EID: 69749126178     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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