Eocene clocks agree: Coeval 40Ar/39Ar, U-Pb, and astronomical ages from the Green River Formation

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 527-530

  Elliot Smith, M ^a   Chamberlain, K R ^b   Singer, B S ^c   Carroll, A R ^c  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASH YIELD; EVAPORITES; FLUVIAL DEPOSITION; GREEN RIVER FORMATION; MAGMA CHAMBER; OVERLAPPING CLUSTERS; SANIDINES; U-PB AGES; WEIGHTED MEAN; WYOMING , UNITED STATES;

RIVERS; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

ARGON;

AGE DETERMINATION; ARGON-ARGON DATING; CALIBRATION; DEPOSITION; ECCENTRICITY; EOCENE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 77955561381     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30630.1     Document Type: Article

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