A high-precision U-Pb age constraint on the Rhynie Chert Konservat-Lagerstätte: Time scale and other implications

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 863-872

  Parry, S F ^a   Noble, S R ^a   Crowley, Q G ^b   Wellman, C H ^c  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CONSTRAINTS; BASALTIC ANDESITE; DEVONIANS; HIGH-PRECISION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; ISOTOPE DILUTIONS; SCOTLAND; THERMAL IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; TIME-SCALES; TRANSCURRENT FAULTS; U-PB ZIRCON;

ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SILICATE MINERALS;

LEAD;

AGE DETERMINATION; ANDESITE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FAULT; LAVA; MAGMA; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ABERDEENSHIRE; RHYNIE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

PRAGIA;

EID: 79959530356     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492010-043     Document Type: Article

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