Zircon U-Pb geochronology links the end-triassic extinction with the central Atlantic magmatic province

Science

Volumn 340, Issue 6135, 2013, Pages 941-945

  Blackburn, Terrence J ^a,h   Olsen, Paul E ^b   Bowring, Samuel A ^a   McLean, Noah M ^a   Kent, Dennis V ^b,c   Puffer, John ^d   McHone, Greg ^e   Rasbury, E Troy ^f   Et Touhami, Mohammed ^g  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Rutgers The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^e not available   (Canada)

^f STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^h GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; URANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

CHRONOLOGY; EXTINCTION; FLOOD BASALT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; VOLCANISM; ZIRCON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERE; BASALT; CHRONOLOGY; END TRIASSIC MASS EXTINCTION; LOWER JURASSIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UPPER TRIASSIC; VOLCANO;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (CENTRAL);

DINOSAURIA;

EID: 84878013956     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1234204     Document Type: Review

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