A new U-Pb zircon age for an ash layer at the Bathonian-Callovian boundary, Argentina

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Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 177-182

  Kamo, Sandra L ^a   Riccardi, Alberto C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ammonites; Bathonian; Biostratigraphy; Callovian; U Pb geochronology; Zircon

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; ASH; BATHONIAN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CALLOVIAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

AMMONOIDEA;

EID: 75649125341     PISSN: 11035897     EISSN: 20000863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11035890902867605     Document Type: Article

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