Magnetostratigraphic dating of the proposed Rhaetian GSSP at Steinbergkogel (Upper Triassic, Austria): Implications for the Late Triassic time scale

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 302, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 203-216

  Hüsing, Silja K ^a   Deenen, Martijn H L ^a   Koopmans, Jort G ^a   Krijgsman, Wout ^a  

^a Paleomagnetic Laboratory Utrecht   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Magnetostratigraphy; Newark Basin; Rhaetian GSSP; Steinbergkogel; Triassic

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; NEWARK BASIN; RHAETIAN GSSP; STEINBERGKOGEL; TRIASSIC;

CORRELATION METHODS; DEMAGNETIZATION; IRON ORES; LITHOLOGY;

STRATIGRAPHY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; DATING METHOD; DEMAGNETIZATION; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETITE; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; OUTCROP; PALEOMAGNETISM; TRIASSIC;

AUSTRIA; NEWARK BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78751619793     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.12.012     Document Type: Article

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