A Rhaetian 40Ar/39Ar age for the Rochechouart impact structure (France) and implications for the latest Triassic sedimentary record

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1225-1242

  Schmieder, Martin ^a   Buchner, Elmar ^a,b   Schwarz, Winfried H ^c   Trieloff, Mario ^c   Lambert, Philippe ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d Sciences and Applications   (France)

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EID: 77956032874     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01070.x     Document Type: Article

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