Constraints on the numerical age of the Paleocene-Eocene boundary

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Charles, Adam J ^a   Condon, Daniel J ^b   Harding, Ian C ^a   Pälike, Heiko ^a   Marshall, John E A ^a   Cui, Ying ^c   Kump, Lee ^c   Croudace, Ian W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cyclostratigraphy; Eocene; Paleocene; PETM; radioisotopic dating; Spitsbergen

Indexed keywords

LEAD; SILICATE MINERALS;

CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; EOCENE; PALEOCENE; PETM; RADIOISOTOPIC DATING; SPITSBERGEN;

ISOTOPES;

AGE DETERMINATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 79958092670     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003426     Document Type: Article

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