"New 40Ar/ 39Ar dating of the Grande Ronde lavas, Columbia River Basalts, USA: Implications for duration of flood basalt eruption episodes" by Barry et al. (2010) - Discussion

Lithos

Volumn 146-147, Issue , 2012, Pages 293-299

  Baksi, Ajoy K ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating; Alteration; Continental flood basalts; Statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862992733     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2011.11.026     Document Type: Note

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