A critical evaluation of the numerical age of the Eocene-Oligocene boundary

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 452, Issue , 2009, Pages 139-148

  Hilgen, Frits J ^a   Kuiper, Klaudia F ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Astronomical dating; Eocene Oligocene boundary; Greenhouse icehouse tradition; Numerical age; Radioisotopic dating

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; GREENHOUSES; SINGLE CRYSTALS; WAREHOUSES;

ASTRONOMICAL DATING; CLIMATE TRANSITION; CRITICAL EVALUATION; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; INDEPENDENT CHECKS; NUMERICAL AGE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; RADIOISOTOPIC DATING;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

ASTRONOMY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DATING METHOD; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; NUMERICAL METHOD; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM;

ASCOLI PICENO; ITALY; MARCHE; MASSIGNANO;

EID: 74949143140     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2009.2452(09)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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