Latest Triassic onset of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) volcanism in the Fundy Basin (Nova Scotia): New stratigraphic constraints

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 286, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 514-525

  Cirilli, S ^a   Marzoli, A ^b,c   Tanner, L ^d   Bertrand, H ^e,f   Buratti, N ^a   Jourdan, F ^g,h   Bellieni, G ^b,c   Kontak, D ⁱ   Renne, P R ^g,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse   (Italy)

^d LE MOYNE COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^g BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^h CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

CAMP; ENA synrift basins; Nova Scotia; organic matter; palynology; Triassic Jurassic boundary

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; STRATIGRAPHY;

CAMP; NOVA SCOTIA; PALYNOLOGY; SYN-RIFT; TRIASSIC-JURASSIC BOUNDARY;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

BASALT; EMPLACEMENT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; JURASSIC; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; ORGANIC MATTER; PALYNOLOGY; PRESERVATION; RIFTING; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; THERMAL ALTERATION; TRIASSIC; VOLCANISM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; MINAS BASIN; NEWARK BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA; UNITED STATES;

ALISPORITES; CLASSOPOLLIS; GLISCOPOLLIS MEYERIANA; LUECKISPORITES; LUNATISPORITES;

EID: 70349164864     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.07.021     Document Type: Article

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