Numerical calibration of the Devonian-Carboniferous boundary: Two new U-Pb isotope dilution-thermal ionization mass spectrometry single-zircon ages from Hasselbachtal (Sauerland, Germany)

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 857-860

  Trapp, Endres ^a   Kaufmann, Bernd ^b   Mezger, Klaus ^a   Korn, Dieter ^c   Weyer, Dieter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absolute age; Devonian Carboniferous boundary; Metabentonites; U Pb; Zircon

Indexed keywords

IONIZATION; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES; ZIRCONIA;

PALEOZOIC PERIOD BOUNDARY; VOLCANIC ASH;

URANIUM;

DEVONIAN-CARBONIFEROUS BOUNDARY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TYPE SECTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA; SAUERLAND; WORLD;

EID: 7444242614     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20644.1     Document Type: Article

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