High-precision U-Pb calibration of Carboniferous glaciation and climate history, Paganzo Group, NW Argentina

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 1480-1498

  Gulbranson, E L ^a   Montanez I P ^a   Schmitz, M D ^b   Limarino, C O ^c,d   Isbell, J L ^e   Marenssi, S A ^c,d,f   Crowley, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^f INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE HISTORY; CLIMATE SHIFTS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DRYLAND; FLUVIAL DEPOSITS; GLACIAL HISTORY; HIGH-PRECISION; LATE PALEOZOIC; PERMIAN; RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATIONS; REGIME SHIFT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SUB-HUMID; U-PB AGES; WESTERN REGION;

CALIBRATION; CLAY DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; FELDSPAR DEPOSITS; LEAD;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

AGE DETERMINATION; ARIDITY; CALIBRATION; CARBONIFEROUS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECISION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ARGENTINA; BLANCO BASIN; PAGANZO BASIN;

EID: 77957031635     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30025.1     Document Type: Article

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