Eruption age of the Kusandong Tuff in the Cretaceous Gyeongsang Basin, Korea

Geosciences Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 265-273

  Jwa, Yong Joo ^a   Lee, Yong Il ^b   Orihashi, Yuji ^c  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Gyeongsang Basin; Kusandong Tuff; LA ICP MS; Zircon U Pb age

Indexed keywords

EID: 71249113915     PISSN: 12264806     EISSN: 15987477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12303-009-0026-0     Document Type: Article

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