U-Pb dates of paleosols: constraints on late Paleozoic cycle durations and boundary ages

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 403-406

  Rasbury, E T ^a   Hanson, G N ^a   Meyers, W J ^a   Holt, W E ^a   Goldstein, R H ^b   Saller, A H ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; LEAD ALLOYS; SEA LEVEL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CYCLE DURATION; LATE PALEOZOIC; LINEAR INTERPOLATION; LOWER PERMIAN; NEW MEXICO; PENNSYLVANIANS; PERMIAN BASINS; PLEISTOCENE;

URANIUM ALLOYS;

CYCLOTHEM; PALAEOZOIC; PALEOSOL; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

EID: 84879878962     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0403:UPDOPC>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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