Reconciling discrepant chronologies for the geomagnetic excursion in the Mono Basin, California: Insights from new 40Ar/39Ar dating experiments and a revised relative paleointensity correlation

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 533-543

  Cassata, William S ^a   Singer, Brad S ^a   Liddicoat, Joseph C ^b   Coe, Robert S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

40 Argon 39 argon; Geochronology; Geomagnetic excursion; Laschamp; Mono Basin; Mono Lake; Paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMAGNETISM; ICE CORE; ICE SHEET; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; PALEOMAGNETISM; RADIOCARBON DATING;

CALIFORNIA; KENTUCKY; MONO BASIN; MONO LAKE; UNITED STATES; WILSON CREEK;

EID: 77956344875     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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