Age constraint on Burmese amber based on U-Pb dating of zircons

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 155-163

  Shi, Guanghai ^a   Grimaldi, David A ^b   Harlow, George E ^b   Wang, Jing ^a   Wang, Jun ^a   Yang, Mengchu ^a   Lei, Weiyan ^a   Li, Qiuli ^c   Li, Xianhua ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

206Pb 238U ages; Amber; Cenomanian; Cretaceous; Myanmar; Palaeobiota; Volcanic clasts; Zircons

Indexed keywords

AMBER; CRETACEOUS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; ZIRCON;

MYANMAR;

AMMONOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84861896226     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2012.03.014     Document Type: Article

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