The quest for chron E23r at Partridge Island, bay of Fundy, Canada: CAMP emplacement postdates the end-Triassic extinction event at the North American craton

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1282-1291

  Deenen, M H L ^a   Krijgsman, W ^a   Ruhl, M ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT GEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON ISOTOPES; CENTRAL ATLANTIC MAGMATIC PROVINCES; GEOMAGNETIC POLARITY; MASS EXTINCTION; NORTH AMERICAN; PALEOMAGNETIC DATA; TIME-SCALES; TRIASSIC;

BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOMAGNETISM; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC CARBON; STRATIGRAPHY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

MAGNETIC POLARITY;

BASALT; CARBON ISOTOPE; CRATON; EMPLACEMENT; EXTINCTION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALYNOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TRIASSIC; VOLCANISM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BAY OF FUNDY; CANADA; MOROCCO; NEW BRUNSWICK; NEWARK BASIN; PARTRIDGE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959390842     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: 14803313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e11-015     Document Type: Article

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